diff --git a/drivers/net/can/peak_canfd/peak_canfd.c b/drivers/net/can/peak_canfd/peak_canfd.c
index 55513411a82e68e11d6b1ca30e90ea4337a0f2ee..6fa66231ed8e0a24a8d3f553defd455b075fff50 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/peak_canfd/peak_canfd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/peak_canfd/peak_canfd.c
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ static int pucan_handle_can_rx(struct peak_canfd_priv *priv,
 
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->echo_lock, flags);
 		can_get_echo_skb(priv->ndev, msg->client);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->echo_lock, flags);
 
 		/* count bytes of the echo instead of skb */
 		stats->tx_bytes += cf_len;
@@ -271,6 +270,7 @@ static int pucan_handle_can_rx(struct peak_canfd_priv *priv,
 		/* restart tx queue (a slot is free) */
 		netif_wake_queue(priv->ndev);
 
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->echo_lock, flags);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -726,11 +726,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t peak_canfd_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 */
 	should_stop_tx_queue = !!(priv->can.echo_skb[priv->echo_idx]);
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->echo_lock, flags);
-
-	/* write the skb on the interface */
-	priv->write_tx_msg(priv, msg);
-
 	/* stop network tx queue if not enough room to save one more msg too */
 	if (priv->can.ctrlmode & CAN_CTRLMODE_FD)
 		should_stop_tx_queue |= (room_left <
@@ -742,6 +737,11 @@ static netdev_tx_t peak_canfd_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (should_stop_tx_queue)
 		netif_stop_queue(ndev);
 
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->echo_lock, flags);
+
+	/* write the skb on the interface */
+	priv->write_tx_msg(priv, msg);
+
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/peak_canfd/peak_pciefd_main.c b/drivers/net/can/peak_canfd/peak_pciefd_main.c
index 788c3464a3b0e95aaa101591750b9de493a34a18..3c51a884db87bc90e71d5df8d5b0a91eadf69cdb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/peak_canfd/peak_pciefd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/peak_canfd/peak_pciefd_main.c
@@ -349,8 +349,12 @@ static irqreturn_t pciefd_irq_handler(int irq, void *arg)
 		priv->tx_pages_free++;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->tx_lock, flags);
 
-		/* wake producer up */
-		netif_wake_queue(priv->ucan.ndev);
+		/* wake producer up (only if enough room in echo_skb array) */
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->ucan.echo_lock, flags);
+		if (!priv->ucan.can.echo_skb[priv->ucan.echo_idx])
+			netif_wake_queue(priv->ucan.ndev);
+
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->ucan.echo_lock, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* re-enable Rx DMA transfer for this CAN */