1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
index 2db409330c21..e67e0258aec5 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
@@ -1141,11 +1141,12 @@ static int qeth_l2_recover(void *ptr)
                 dev_info(&card->gdev->dev,
                         "Device successfully recovered!\n");
         else {
-                rtnl_lock();
-                dev_close(card->dev);
-                rtnl_unlock();
-                dev_warn(&card->gdev->dev, "The qeth device driver "
-                        "failed to recover an error on the device\n");
+                if (rtnl_trylock()) {
+                        dev_close(card->dev);
+                        rtnl_unlock();
+                        dev_warn(&card->gdev->dev, "The qeth device driver "
+                                "failed to recover an error on the device\n");
+                }
         }
         qeth_clear_thread_start_bit(card, QETH_RECOVER_THREAD);
         qeth_clear_thread_running_bit(card, QETH_RECOVER_THREAD);