/* n-tuple support exists, always init our spinlock */
        spin_lock_init(&adapter->fdir_perfect_lock);
 
+       /* init spinlock to avoid concurrency of VF resources */
+       spin_lock_init(&adapter->vfs_lock);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_IXGBE_DCB
        ixgbe_init_dcb(adapter);
 #endif
 
 int ixgbe_disable_sriov(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 {
        unsigned int num_vfs = adapter->num_vfs, vf;
+       unsigned long flags;
        int rss;
 
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->vfs_lock, flags);
        /* set num VFs to 0 to prevent access to vfinfo */
        adapter->num_vfs = 0;
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->vfs_lock, flags);
 
        /* put the reference to all of the vf devices */
        for (vf = 0; vf < num_vfs; ++vf) {
 void ixgbe_msg_task(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 {
        struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
+       unsigned long flags;
        u32 vf;
 
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->vfs_lock, flags);
        for (vf = 0; vf < adapter->num_vfs; vf++) {
                /* process any reset requests */
                if (!ixgbe_check_for_rst(hw, vf))
                if (!ixgbe_check_for_ack(hw, vf))
                        ixgbe_rcv_ack_from_vf(adapter, vf);
        }
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->vfs_lock, flags);
 }
 
 static inline void ixgbe_ping_vf(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter, int vf)