diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
index 50045ed1e8c022fc9f1f2faa98fecdc9b00a825e..f03614be9fd529600c5e90a01647f88957492932 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
@@ -12524,10 +12524,12 @@ static struct rtnl_link_stats64 *tg3_get_stats64(struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct tg3 *tp = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	if (!tp->hw_stats)
+	spin_lock_bh(&tp->lock);
+	if (!tp->hw_stats) {
+		spin_unlock_bh(&tp->lock);
 		return &tp->net_stats_prev;
+	}
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&tp->lock);
 	tg3_get_nstats(tp, stats);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&tp->lock);