diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index c5282b6aba8baf6a3c8f345c55764110cdfd6ff5..2ebbe80d8126521cd324090344ecc3865a16657b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -1087,10 +1087,14 @@ int mlx5e_stats_flower(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 
 	mlx5_fc_query_cached(counter, &bytes, &packets, &lastuse);
 
+	preempt_disable();
+
 	tcf_exts_to_list(f->exts, &actions);
 	list_for_each_entry(a, &actions, list)
 		tcf_action_stats_update(a, bytes, packets, lastuse);
 
+	preempt_enable();
+
 	return 0;
 }