1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/benet/be.h b/drivers/net/benet/be.h
index 4594a28b1f66..d64313b7090e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/benet/be.h
+++ b/drivers/net/benet/be.h
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ struct be_adapter {
         u8 __iomem *db;         /* Door Bell */
         u8 __iomem *pcicfg;     /* PCI config space */
 
-        spinlock_t mbox_lock;   /* For serializing mbox cmds to BE card */
+        struct mutex mbox_lock; /* For serializing mbox cmds to BE card */
         struct be_dma_mem mbox_mem;
         /* Mbox mem is adjusted to align to 16 bytes. The allocated addr
          * is stored for freeing purpose */