diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
index ecff9804358..160ef482712 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
@@ -1102,9 +1102,7 @@ static u64 fw_vers_string_to_u64(struct iwch_dev *iwch_dev)
 	char *cp, *next;
 	unsigned fw_maj, fw_min, fw_mic;
 
-	rtnl_lock();
 	lldev->ethtool_ops->get_drvinfo(lldev, &info);
-	rtnl_unlock();
 
 	next = info.fw_version + 1;
 	cp = strsep(&next, ".");
@@ -1192,9 +1190,7 @@ static ssize_t show_fw_ver(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, ch
 	struct net_device *lldev = iwch_dev->rdev.t3cdev_p->lldev;
 
 	PDBG("%s dev 0x%p\n", __func__, dev);
-	rtnl_lock();
 	lldev->ethtool_ops->get_drvinfo(lldev, &info);
-	rtnl_unlock();
 	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", info.fw_version);
 }
 
@@ -1207,9 +1203,7 @@ static ssize_t show_hca(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	struct net_device *lldev = iwch_dev->rdev.t3cdev_p->lldev;
 
 	PDBG("%s dev 0x%p\n", __func__, dev);
-	rtnl_lock();
 	lldev->ethtool_ops->get_drvinfo(lldev, &info);
-	rtnl_unlock();
 	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", info.driver);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c b/drivers/net/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c
index f66367ed693..2c341f83d32 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c
@@ -1307,8 +1307,10 @@ static void get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
 	u32 fw_vers = 0;
 	u32 tp_vers = 0;
 
+	spin_lock(&adapter->stats_lock);
 	t3_get_fw_version(adapter, &fw_vers);
 	t3_get_tp_version(adapter, &tp_vers);
+	spin_unlock(&adapter->stats_lock);
 
 	strcpy(info->driver, DRV_NAME);
 	strcpy(info->version, DRV_VERSION);