diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h
index 50247dfe8f574d2a7184c8ea675b5ecabdcc37cc..d2f790df6dcbf6872084c49d74a8a63efb58f569 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ static inline void efx_device_detach_sync(struct efx_nic *efx)
 	 * TX scheduler is stopped when we're done and before
 	 * netif_device_present() becomes false.
 	 */
-	netif_tx_lock(dev);
+	netif_tx_lock_bh(dev);
 	netif_device_detach(dev);
-	netif_tx_unlock(dev);
+	netif_tx_unlock_bh(dev);
 }
 
 #endif /* EFX_EFX_H */