1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
index 23154cf601e9..939e5466c75e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ vmxnet3_tq_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct vmxnet3_tx_queue *tq,
                 }
         } else {
                 tq->stats.drop_hdr_inspect_err++;
-                goto drop_pkt;
+                goto unlock_drop_pkt;
         }
 
         /* fill tx descs related to addr & len */
@@ -1052,6 +1052,8 @@ vmxnet3_tq_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct vmxnet3_tx_queue *tq,
 
 hdr_too_big:
         tq->stats.drop_oversized_hdr++;
+unlock_drop_pkt:
+        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tq->tx_lock, flags);
 drop_pkt:
         tq->stats.drop_total++;
         dev_kfree_skb(skb);