diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c
index c723ee90219da1fd6073b79741893c21fea2f6e3..3a801452643d0463061565b8f7bbea295a7d4405 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.c
+++ b/net/tipc/link.c
@@ -297,14 +297,14 @@ void tipc_link_delete_list(unsigned int bearer_id, bool shutting_down)
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(n_ptr, &tipc_node_list, list) {
-		spin_lock_bh(&n_ptr->lock);
+		tipc_node_lock(n_ptr);
 		l_ptr = n_ptr->links[bearer_id];
 		if (l_ptr) {
 			tipc_link_reset(l_ptr);
 			if (shutting_down || !tipc_node_is_up(n_ptr)) {
 				tipc_node_detach_link(l_ptr->owner, l_ptr);
 				tipc_link_reset_fragments(l_ptr);
-				spin_unlock_bh(&n_ptr->lock);
+				tipc_node_unlock(n_ptr);
 
 				/* Nobody else can access this link now: */
 				del_timer_sync(&l_ptr->timer);
@@ -312,12 +312,12 @@ void tipc_link_delete_list(unsigned int bearer_id, bool shutting_down)
 			} else {
 				/* Detach/delete when failover is finished: */
 				l_ptr->flags |= LINK_STOPPED;
-				spin_unlock_bh(&n_ptr->lock);
+				tipc_node_unlock(n_ptr);
 				del_timer_sync(&l_ptr->timer);
 			}
 			continue;
 		}
-		spin_unlock_bh(&n_ptr->lock);
+		tipc_node_unlock(n_ptr);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
@@ -474,11 +474,11 @@ void tipc_link_reset_list(unsigned int bearer_id)
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(n_ptr, &tipc_node_list, list) {
-		spin_lock_bh(&n_ptr->lock);
+		tipc_node_lock(n_ptr);
 		l_ptr = n_ptr->links[bearer_id];
 		if (l_ptr)
 			tipc_link_reset(l_ptr);
-		spin_unlock_bh(&n_ptr->lock);
+		tipc_node_unlock(n_ptr);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
diff --git a/net/tipc/name_distr.c b/net/tipc/name_distr.c
index 974a73f3d87622f867ad07ffd563a0856dc7d985..8465263246c3211c996fa8ed8c1e5e6d5f1c76ed 100644
--- a/net/tipc/name_distr.c
+++ b/net/tipc/name_distr.c
@@ -135,18 +135,18 @@ void named_cluster_distribute(struct sk_buff *buf)
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(n_ptr, &tipc_node_list, list) {
-		spin_lock_bh(&n_ptr->lock);
+		tipc_node_lock(n_ptr);
 		l_ptr = n_ptr->active_links[n_ptr->addr & 1];
 		if (l_ptr) {
 			buf_copy = skb_copy(buf, GFP_ATOMIC);
 			if (!buf_copy) {
-				spin_unlock_bh(&n_ptr->lock);
+				tipc_node_unlock(n_ptr);
 				break;
 			}
 			msg_set_destnode(buf_msg(buf_copy), n_ptr->addr);
 			__tipc_link_xmit(l_ptr, buf_copy);
 		}
-		spin_unlock_bh(&n_ptr->lock);
+		tipc_node_unlock(n_ptr);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();