diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index af8acc85f4bbd15bf01e939db20932845d7b8312..cbefe671bcc6926111b0735fca734031e8b11268 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -492,7 +492,9 @@ static void virtnet_napi_enable(struct virtnet_info *vi)
 	 * We synchronize against interrupts via NAPI_STATE_SCHED */
 	if (napi_schedule_prep(&vi->napi)) {
 		virtqueue_disable_cb(vi->rvq);
+		local_bh_disable();
 		__napi_schedule(&vi->napi);
+		local_bh_enable();
 	}
 }