diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 84f97f448b2d..97a30dd22c54 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -329,9 +329,14 @@ void usbnet_skb_return(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int	status;
 
-	if (test_bit(EVENT_RX_PAUSED, &dev->flags)) {
-		skb_queue_tail(&dev->rxq_pause, skb);
-		return;
+	if (unlikely(test_bit(EVENT_RX_PAUSED, &dev->flags))) {
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->rxq_pause.lock, flags);
+		if (test_bit(EVENT_RX_PAUSED, &dev->flags)) {
+			__skb_queue_tail(&dev->rxq_pause, skb);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->rxq_pause.lock, flags);
+			return;
+		}
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->rxq_pause.lock, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* only update if unset to allow minidriver rx_fixup override */
@@ -698,13 +703,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbnet_pause_rx);
 
 void usbnet_resume_rx(struct usbnet *dev)
 {
+	struct sk_buff_head q;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	int num = 0;
 
-	local_bh_disable();
-	clear_bit(EVENT_RX_PAUSED, &dev->flags);
+	__skb_queue_head_init(&q);
 
-	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&dev->rxq_pause)) != NULL) {
+	local_bh_disable();
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->rxq_pause.lock, flags);
+	clear_bit(EVENT_RX_PAUSED, &dev->flags);
+	skb_queue_splice_init(&dev->rxq_pause, &q);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->rxq_pause.lock, flags);
+
+	while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&q))) {
 		usbnet_skb_return(dev, skb);
 		num++;
 	}