diff --git a/hif/src/snoc/if_ahb.c b/hif/src/snoc/if_ahb.c
index 5274d9bd44..e398d8b195 100644
--- a/hif/src/snoc/if_ahb.c
+++ b/hif/src/snoc/if_ahb.c
@@ -312,6 +312,9 @@ int hif_ahb_configure_grp_irq(struct hif_softc *scn,
 		}
 		hif_ext_group->os_irq[j] = irq;
 	}
+	qdf_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hif_ext_group->irq_lock);
+
+	qdf_spin_lock_irqsave(&hif_ext_group->irq_lock);
 	hif_ext_group->irq_requested = true;
 
 end: