diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
index dca02b35c231a85a81ec98f7f0ce574fa206e2cd..99eea9e6a8ea6dab8dc7c3c3708d3f114e4849e6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
@@ -2015,11 +2015,11 @@ static void nicvf_set_rx_mode_task(struct work_struct *work_arg)
 	/* Save message data locally to prevent them from
 	 * being overwritten by next ndo_set_rx_mode call().
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&nic->rx_mode_wq_lock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&nic->rx_mode_wq_lock);
 	mode = vf_work->mode;
 	mc = vf_work->mc;
 	vf_work->mc = NULL;
-	spin_unlock(&nic->rx_mode_wq_lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&nic->rx_mode_wq_lock);
 
 	__nicvf_set_rx_mode_task(mode, mc, nic);
 }