diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ab39fe17cb58bd0a49ce65376e279347a46fe248..29e3888102bc7a014cf93a62180984c4cbab8d04 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ int dev_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	/* Disable soft irqs for various locks below. Also 
 	 * stops preemption for RCU. 
 	 */
-	local_bh_disable(); 
+	rcu_read_lock_bh(); 
 
 	/* Updates of qdisc are serialized by queue_lock. 
 	 * The struct Qdisc which is pointed to by qdisc is now a 
@@ -1369,13 +1369,13 @@ int dev_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 
 	rc = -ENETDOWN;
-	local_bh_enable();
+	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
 
 out_kfree_skb:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 	return rc;
 out:
-	local_bh_enable();
+	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
 	return rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index d7aca8ef524ab8f9ea9d01b986d0ea7a88c72c3a..7aad0121232cb3aa555572524d7609f061718f65 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -181,9 +181,13 @@ static inline int qdisc_restart(struct net_device *dev)
 
 void __qdisc_run(struct net_device *dev)
 {
+	if (unlikely(dev->qdisc == &noop_qdisc))
+		goto out;
+
 	while (qdisc_restart(dev) < 0 && !netif_queue_stopped(dev))
 		/* NOTHING */;
 
+out:
 	clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_QDISC_RUNNING, &dev->state);
 }
 
@@ -583,10 +587,12 @@ void dev_deactivate(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	dev_watchdog_down(dev);
 
-	while (test_bit(__LINK_STATE_SCHED, &dev->state))
-		yield();
+	/* Wait for outstanding dev_queue_xmit calls. */
+	synchronize_rcu();
 
-	spin_unlock_wait(&dev->_xmit_lock);
+	/* Wait for outstanding qdisc_run calls. */
+	while (test_bit(__LINK_STATE_QDISC_RUNNING, &dev->state))
+		yield();
 }
 
 void dev_init_scheduler(struct net_device *dev)