diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c
index bf778f29113340c422751499caa7bf1d84008ac9..a31de7b82da28f2ef2e9001aea7d21c4680fae2e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c
@@ -2011,9 +2011,7 @@ void ath10k_htt_t2h_msg_handler(struct ath10k *ar, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		break;
 	}
 	case HTT_T2H_MSG_TYPE_RX_IND:
-		spin_lock_bh(&htt->rx_ring.lock);
-		__skb_queue_tail(&htt->rx_compl_q, skb);
-		spin_unlock_bh(&htt->rx_ring.lock);
+		skb_queue_tail(&htt->rx_compl_q, skb);
 		tasklet_schedule(&htt->txrx_compl_task);
 		return;
 	case HTT_T2H_MSG_TYPE_PEER_MAP: {
@@ -2111,9 +2109,7 @@ void ath10k_htt_t2h_msg_handler(struct ath10k *ar, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		break;
 	}
 	case HTT_T2H_MSG_TYPE_RX_IN_ORD_PADDR_IND: {
-		spin_lock_bh(&htt->rx_ring.lock);
-		__skb_queue_tail(&htt->rx_in_ord_compl_q, skb);
-		spin_unlock_bh(&htt->rx_ring.lock);
+		skb_queue_tail(&htt->rx_in_ord_compl_q, skb);
 		tasklet_schedule(&htt->txrx_compl_task);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -2170,16 +2166,18 @@ static void ath10k_htt_txrx_compl_task(unsigned long ptr)
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 	}
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&htt->rx_ring.lock);
-	while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&htt->rx_compl_q))) {
+	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&htt->rx_compl_q))) {
 		resp = (struct htt_resp *)skb->data;
+		spin_lock_bh(&htt->rx_ring.lock);
 		ath10k_htt_rx_handler(htt, &resp->rx_ind);
+		spin_unlock_bh(&htt->rx_ring.lock);
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 	}
 
-	while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&htt->rx_in_ord_compl_q))) {
+	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&htt->rx_in_ord_compl_q))) {
+		spin_lock_bh(&htt->rx_ring.lock);
 		ath10k_htt_rx_in_ord_ind(ar, skb);
+		spin_unlock_bh(&htt->rx_ring.lock);
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 	}
-	spin_unlock_bh(&htt->rx_ring.lock);
 }