diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1685.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1685.c
index 5fc8e36b1abf..284815e5f478 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1685.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1685.c
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ ds1685_rtc_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	if (unlikely(!rtc))
 		return IRQ_HANDLED;
 
-	rtc_lock(rtc->dev);
+	guard(rtc_ops)(rtc->dev);
 
 	/* Ctrlb holds the interrupt-enable bits and ctrlc the flag bits. */
 	ctrlb = rtc->read(rtc, RTC_CTRL_B);
@@ -711,7 +711,6 @@ ds1685_rtc_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		}
 	}
 	rtc_update_irq(rtc->dev, num_irqs, events);
-	rtc_unlock(rtc->dev);
 
 	return events ? IRQ_HANDLED : IRQ_NONE;
 }