diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 17c1e1555d80..4da993dfcfd8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ int phy_start_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	spin_lock(&phydev->lock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&phydev->lock);
 
 	if (AUTONEG_DISABLE == phydev->autoneg)
 		phy_sanitize_settings(phydev);
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ int phy_start_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	}
 
 out_unlock:
-	spin_unlock(&phydev->lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&phydev->lock);
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_start_aneg);
@@ -490,10 +490,10 @@ void phy_stop_machine(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
 	del_timer_sync(&phydev->phy_timer);
 
-	spin_lock(&phydev->lock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&phydev->lock);
 	if (phydev->state > PHY_UP)
 		phydev->state = PHY_UP;
-	spin_unlock(&phydev->lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&phydev->lock);
 
 	phydev->adjust_state = NULL;
 }
@@ -537,9 +537,9 @@ static void phy_force_reduction(struct phy_device *phydev)
  */
 void phy_error(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
-	spin_lock(&phydev->lock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&phydev->lock);
 	phydev->state = PHY_HALTED;
-	spin_unlock(&phydev->lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&phydev->lock);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -690,10 +690,10 @@ static void phy_change(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (err)
 		goto phy_err;
 
-	spin_lock(&phydev->lock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&phydev->lock);
 	if ((PHY_RUNNING == phydev->state) || (PHY_NOLINK == phydev->state))
 		phydev->state = PHY_CHANGELINK;
-	spin_unlock(&phydev->lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&phydev->lock);
 
 	enable_irq(phydev->irq);
 
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ phy_err:
  */
 void phy_stop(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
-	spin_lock(&phydev->lock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&phydev->lock);
 
 	if (PHY_HALTED == phydev->state)
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ void phy_stop(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	}
 
 out_unlock:
-	spin_unlock(&phydev->lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&phydev->lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Cannot call flush_scheduled_work() here as desired because
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ static void phy_timer(unsigned long data)
 	int needs_aneg = 0;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&phydev->lock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&phydev->lock);
 
 	if (phydev->adjust_state)
 		phydev->adjust_state(phydev->attached_dev);
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ static void phy_timer(unsigned long data)
 			break;
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock(&phydev->lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&phydev->lock);
 
 	if (needs_aneg)
 		err = phy_start_aneg(phydev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 49328e050505..c0461217b108 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -670,9 +670,9 @@ static int phy_remove(struct device *dev)
 
 	phydev = to_phy_device(dev);
 
-	spin_lock(&phydev->lock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&phydev->lock);
 	phydev->state = PHY_DOWN;
-	spin_unlock(&phydev->lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&phydev->lock);
 
 	if (phydev->drv->remove)
 		phydev->drv->remove(phydev);