diff --git a/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c b/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c
index b92c19bb6876971bf042c9f0e8e372e6bd5e91ef..5311317c2e4cafd10d1382f93b41ed3f6a9baf08 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c
@@ -1924,12 +1924,9 @@ static void twa_scsiop_execute_scsi_complete(TW_Device_Extension *tw_dev, int re
 	    (cmd->sc_data_direction == DMA_FROM_DEVICE ||
 	     cmd->sc_data_direction == DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL)) {
 		if (scsi_sg_count(cmd) == 1) {
-			unsigned long flags;
 			void *buf = tw_dev->generic_buffer_virt[request_id];
 
-			local_irq_save(flags);
 			scsi_sg_copy_from_buffer(cmd, buf, TW_SECTOR_SIZE);
-			local_irq_restore(flags);
 		}
 	}
 } /* End twa_scsiop_execute_scsi_complete() */