diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
index c8e0cda0f272..4fc0e08a30b9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(microcode_mutex);
 /*
  * Serialize late loading so that CPUs get updated one-by-one.
  */
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(update_lock);
+static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(update_lock);
 
 struct ucode_cpu_info		ucode_cpu_info[NR_CPUS];
 
@@ -560,9 +560,9 @@ static int __reload_late(void *info)
 	if (__wait_for_cpus(&late_cpus_in, NSEC_PER_SEC))
 		return -1;
 
-	spin_lock(&update_lock);
+	raw_spin_lock(&update_lock);
 	apply_microcode_local(&err);
-	spin_unlock(&update_lock);
+	raw_spin_unlock(&update_lock);
 
 	/* siblings return UCODE_OK because their engine got updated already */
 	if (err > UCODE_NFOUND) {