diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index ff263ece44a7..a213ada2d265 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -1451,9 +1451,9 @@ 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);
 
 	rpc_xprt_debugfs_unregister(xprt);
 	rpc_destroy_wait_queue(&xprt->binding);