diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d5814b3bc6de..58b4af5eaa50 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 06e9d9f9783860fe4c602ef491f47211804ccc96
+refs/heads/master: 03e678ee968ae54b79c1580c2935895bd863ad95
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
index e2d2a2fdbe19..821cff68b3f3 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
@@ -503,6 +503,8 @@ netxen_send_cmd_descs(struct netxen_adapter *adapter,
 
 	i = 0;
 
+	netif_tx_lock_bh(adapter->netdev);
+
 	producer = adapter->cmd_producer;
 	do {
 		cmd_desc = &cmd_desc_arr[i];
@@ -527,6 +529,8 @@ netxen_send_cmd_descs(struct netxen_adapter *adapter,
 
 	netxen_nic_update_cmd_producer(adapter, adapter->cmd_producer);
 
+	netif_tx_unlock_bh(adapter->netdev);
+
 	return 0;
 }