diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h
index 320cf7bfc7f9..7db0e5bfc9e4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ static inline void efx_device_detach_sync(struct efx_nic *efx)
 	 * TX scheduler is stopped when we're done and before
 	 * netif_device_present() becomes false.
 	 */
-	netif_tx_lock(dev);
+	netif_tx_lock_bh(dev);
 	netif_device_detach(dev);
-	netif_tx_unlock(dev);
+	netif_tx_unlock_bh(dev);
 }
 
 #endif /* EFX_EFX_H */