diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index d05fa7c36d00..b1abf4848bbc 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -1550,9 +1550,9 @@ static void xprt_destroy(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 	 * is cleared.  We use ->transport_lock to ensure the mod_timer()
 	 * can only run *before* del_time_sync(), never after.
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&xprt->transport_lock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
 	del_timer_sync(&xprt->timer);
-	spin_unlock(&xprt->transport_lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Destroy sockets etc from the system workqueue so they can