diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c
index 5c0ff3d612e3..7cd3338ed474 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c
@@ -1230,8 +1230,14 @@ mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_ventry_activity_get(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 				      struct mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_ventry *ventry,
 				      bool *activity)
 {
-	return mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_entry_activity_get(mlxsw_sp,
-						    ventry->entry, activity);
+	struct mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vregion *vregion = ventry->vchunk->vregion;
+	int err;
+
+	mutex_lock(&vregion->lock);
+	err = mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_entry_activity_get(mlxsw_sp, ventry->entry,
+						   activity);
+	mutex_unlock(&vregion->lock);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int