diff --git a/net/irda/irqueue.c b/net/irda/irqueue.c
index 7152624ed5f1..26ccd65cdcab 100644
--- a/net/irda/irqueue.c
+++ b/net/irda/irqueue.c
@@ -385,9 +385,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(hashbin_new);
  *    for deallocating this structure if it's complex. If not the user can
  *    just supply kfree, which should take care of the job.
  */
-#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
-static int hashbin_lock_depth = 0;
-#endif
 int hashbin_delete( hashbin_t* hashbin, FREE_FUNC free_func)
 {
 	irda_queue_t* queue;
@@ -398,22 +395,27 @@ int hashbin_delete( hashbin_t* hashbin, FREE_FUNC free_func)
 	IRDA_ASSERT(hashbin->magic == HB_MAGIC, return -1;);
 
 	/* Synchronize */
-	if ( hashbin->hb_type & HB_LOCK ) {
-		spin_lock_irqsave_nested(&hashbin->hb_spinlock, flags,
-					 hashbin_lock_depth++);
-	}
+	if (hashbin->hb_type & HB_LOCK)
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&hashbin->hb_spinlock, flags);
 
 	/*
 	 *  Free the entries in the hashbin, TODO: use hashbin_clear when
 	 *  it has been shown to work
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < HASHBIN_SIZE; i ++ ) {
-		queue = dequeue_first((irda_queue_t**) &hashbin->hb_queue[i]);
-		while (queue ) {
-			if (free_func)
-				(*free_func)(queue);
-			queue = dequeue_first(
-				(irda_queue_t**) &hashbin->hb_queue[i]);
+		while (1) {
+			queue = dequeue_first((irda_queue_t**) &hashbin->hb_queue[i]);
+
+			if (!queue)
+				break;
+
+			if (free_func) {
+				if (hashbin->hb_type & HB_LOCK)
+					spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hashbin->hb_spinlock, flags);
+				free_func(queue);
+				if (hashbin->hb_type & HB_LOCK)
+					spin_lock_irqsave(&hashbin->hb_spinlock, flags);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -422,12 +424,8 @@ int hashbin_delete( hashbin_t* hashbin, FREE_FUNC free_func)
 	hashbin->magic = ~HB_MAGIC;
 
 	/* Release lock */
-	if ( hashbin->hb_type & HB_LOCK) {
+	if (hashbin->hb_type & HB_LOCK)
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hashbin->hb_spinlock, flags);
-#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
-		hashbin_lock_depth--;
-#endif
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 *  Free the hashbin structure