diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_common.c
index 6453c92f0fa7ccbfad4e184a81b07c8f4ca94f1a..13462811eaae5fb6738112628d406c71256caa63 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_common.c
@@ -352,11 +352,11 @@ static irqreturn_t ks8851_irq(int irq, void *_ks)
 		netif_dbg(ks, intr, ks->netdev,
 			  "%s: txspace %d\n", __func__, tx_space);
 
-		spin_lock(&ks->statelock);
+		spin_lock_bh(&ks->statelock);
 		ks->tx_space = tx_space;
 		if (netif_queue_stopped(ks->netdev))
 			netif_wake_queue(ks->netdev);
-		spin_unlock(&ks->statelock);
+		spin_unlock_bh(&ks->statelock);
 	}
 
 	if (status & IRQ_SPIBEI) {
@@ -635,14 +635,14 @@ static void ks8851_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	/* schedule work to do the actual set of the data if needed */
 
-	spin_lock(&ks->statelock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&ks->statelock);
 
 	if (memcmp(&rxctrl, &ks->rxctrl, sizeof(rxctrl)) != 0) {
 		memcpy(&ks->rxctrl, &rxctrl, sizeof(ks->rxctrl));
 		schedule_work(&ks->rxctrl_work);
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock(&ks->statelock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&ks->statelock);
 }
 
 static int ks8851_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *addr)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_spi.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_spi.c
index 670c1de966db88030332a3da1d99416284a757a2..3062cc0f919924602a4754930c6365b858dc9c6a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_spi.c
@@ -340,10 +340,10 @@ static void ks8851_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	tx_space = ks8851_rdreg16_spi(ks, KS_TXMIR);
 
-	spin_lock(&ks->statelock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&ks->statelock);
 	ks->queued_len -= dequeued_len;
 	ks->tx_space = tx_space;
-	spin_unlock(&ks->statelock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&ks->statelock);
 
 	ks8851_unlock_spi(ks, &flags);
 }