diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c b/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c
index b8fabeb403ba..18bd11150a5c 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c
@@ -1310,10 +1310,11 @@ static int tegra_qspi_transfer_one_message(struct spi_master *master,
 
 static irqreturn_t handle_cpu_based_xfer(struct tegra_qspi *tqspi)
 {
-	struct spi_transfer *t = tqspi->curr_xfer;
+	struct spi_transfer *t;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&tqspi->lock, flags);
+	t = tqspi->curr_xfer;
 
 	if (tqspi->tx_status ||  tqspi->rx_status) {
 		tegra_qspi_handle_error(tqspi);
@@ -1344,7 +1345,7 @@ static irqreturn_t handle_cpu_based_xfer(struct tegra_qspi *tqspi)
 
 static irqreturn_t handle_dma_based_xfer(struct tegra_qspi *tqspi)
 {
-	struct spi_transfer *t = tqspi->curr_xfer;
+	struct spi_transfer *t;
 	unsigned int total_fifo_words;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	long wait_status;
@@ -1381,6 +1382,7 @@ static irqreturn_t handle_dma_based_xfer(struct tegra_qspi *tqspi)
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&tqspi->lock, flags);
+	t = tqspi->curr_xfer;
 
 	if (err) {
 		tegra_qspi_dma_unmap_xfer(tqspi, t);