diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
index c963394ded6c569fd06bb2cba90f2cdd6c009173..78926662d58cb7e86dc84c9962f12ffc323c212b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
@@ -322,9 +322,7 @@ static int stmmac_ethtool_getsettings(struct net_device *dev,
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 	cmd->transceiver = XCVR_INTERNAL;
-	spin_lock_irq(&priv->lock);
 	rc = phy_ethtool_gset(phy, cmd);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&priv->lock);
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -442,7 +440,6 @@ stmmac_get_pauseparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 	if (priv->flow_ctrl & FLOW_TX)
 		pause->tx_pause = 1;
 
-	spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -457,8 +454,6 @@ stmmac_set_pauseparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 	if (priv->pcs)	/* FIXME */
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	spin_lock(&priv->lock);
-
 	if (pause->rx_pause)
 		new_pause |= FLOW_RX;
 	if (pause->tx_pause)
@@ -473,7 +468,6 @@ stmmac_set_pauseparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 	} else
 		priv->hw->mac->flow_ctrl(priv->ioaddr, phy->duplex,
 					 priv->flow_ctrl, priv->pause);
-	spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
 	return ret;
 }