diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
index d25e20829012..fc10ed4ac493 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
@@ -150,13 +150,13 @@ out:
 
 	{
 	struct se_device *dev = se_lun->lun_se_dev;
-	spin_lock(&dev->stats_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&dev->stats_lock);
 	dev->num_cmds++;
 	if (se_cmd->data_direction == DMA_TO_DEVICE)
 		dev->write_bytes += se_cmd->data_length;
 	else if (se_cmd->data_direction == DMA_FROM_DEVICE)
 		dev->read_bytes += se_cmd->data_length;
-	spin_unlock(&dev->stats_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&dev->stats_lock);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c b/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c
index 4a109835e420..59b8b9c5ad72 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ struct se_tmr_req *core_tmr_alloc_req(
 {
 	struct se_tmr_req *tmr;
 
-	tmr = kmem_cache_zalloc(se_tmr_req_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+	tmr = kmem_cache_zalloc(se_tmr_req_cache, (in_interrupt()) ?
+					GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!(tmr)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to allocate struct se_tmr_req\n");
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -398,9 +399,9 @@ int core_tmr_lun_reset(
 		printk(KERN_INFO "LUN_RESET: SCSI-2 Released reservation\n");
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&dev->stats_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&dev->stats_lock);
 	dev->num_resets++;
-	spin_unlock(&dev->stats_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&dev->stats_lock);
 
 	DEBUG_LR("LUN_RESET: %s for [%s] Complete\n",
 			(preempt_and_abort_list) ? "Preempt" : "TMR",