1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
index 5b68dc20168d..6905ec9467df 100644
--- a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
@@ -2096,14 +2096,15 @@ static int nv_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
                            ((skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].size & (NV_TX2_TSO_MAX_SIZE-1)) ? 1 : 0);
         }
 
+        spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
         empty_slots = nv_get_empty_tx_slots(np);
         if (unlikely(empty_slots <= entries)) {
-                spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
                 netif_stop_queue(dev);
                 np->tx_stop = 1;
                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
                 return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
         }
+        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
 
         start_tx = put_tx = np->put_tx.orig;
 
@@ -2214,14 +2215,15 @@ static int nv_start_xmit_optimized(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
                            ((skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].size & (NV_TX2_TSO_MAX_SIZE-1)) ? 1 : 0);
         }
 
+        spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
         empty_slots = nv_get_empty_tx_slots(np);
         if (unlikely(empty_slots <= entries)) {
-                spin_lock_irqsave(&np->lock, flags);
                 netif_stop_queue(dev);
                 np->tx_stop = 1;
                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
                 return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
         }
+        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
 
         start_tx = put_tx = np->put_tx.ex;
         start_tx_ctx = np->put_tx_ctx;