diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c b/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c
index 69bda1a5707e..1f665acaa6a9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ struct patch {
 	unsigned int insn;
 };
 
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(patch_lock);
+static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(patch_lock);
 
 static void __kprobes *patch_map(void *addr, int fixmap, unsigned long *flags)
 	__acquires(&patch_lock)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static void __kprobes *patch_map(void *addr, int fixmap, unsigned long *flags)
 		return addr;
 
 	if (flags)
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&patch_lock, *flags);
+		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&patch_lock, *flags);
 	else
 		__acquire(&patch_lock);
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static void __kprobes patch_unmap(int fixmap, unsigned long *flags)
 	clear_fixmap(fixmap);
 
 	if (flags)
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&patch_lock, *flags);
+		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&patch_lock, *flags);
 	else
 		__release(&patch_lock);
 }