diff --git a/drivers/net/sungem.c b/drivers/net/sungem.c
index 305ec3d783dba30dd396b2fcfb6df9ce12913384..d6f4faf5bbcb2f726cc41bad987fdb19ae7efcd7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sungem.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sungem.c
@@ -1033,10 +1033,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t gem_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			(csum_stuff_off << 21));
 	}
 
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-	if (!spin_trylock(&gp->tx_lock)) {
+	if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&gp->tx_lock, flags)) {
 		/* Tell upper layer to requeue */
-		local_irq_restore(flags);
 		return NETDEV_TX_LOCKED;
 	}
 	/* We raced with gem_do_stop() */