/* time counter for hardware timestamps */
        struct cyclecounter cc;
        struct timecounter tc;
+       spinlock_t tc_lock; /* spinlock to guard access tc->cycle_last */
        struct delayed_work timestamp;
 
        u32 feature;
        return 0;
 }
 
-static u64 gs_usb_timestamp_read(const struct cyclecounter *cc)
+static u64 gs_usb_timestamp_read(const struct cyclecounter *cc) __must_hold(&dev->tc_lock)
 {
-       const struct gs_can *dev;
+       struct gs_can *dev = container_of(cc, struct gs_can, cc);
        u32 timestamp = 0;
        int err;
 
-       dev = container_of(cc, struct gs_can, cc);
+       lockdep_assert_held(&dev->tc_lock);
+
+       /* drop lock for synchronous USB transfer */
+       spin_unlock_bh(&dev->tc_lock);
        err = gs_usb_get_timestamp(dev, ×tamp);
+       spin_lock_bh(&dev->tc_lock);
        if (err)
                netdev_err(dev->netdev,
                           "Error %d while reading timestamp. HW timestamps may be inaccurate.",
        struct gs_can *dev;
 
        dev = container_of(delayed_work, struct gs_can, timestamp);
+       spin_lock_bh(&dev->tc_lock);
        timecounter_read(&dev->tc);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&dev->tc_lock);
 
        schedule_delayed_work(&dev->timestamp,
                              GS_USB_TIMESTAMP_WORK_DELAY_SEC * HZ);
 }
 
-static void gs_usb_skb_set_timestamp(const struct gs_can *dev,
+static void gs_usb_skb_set_timestamp(struct gs_can *dev,
                                     struct sk_buff *skb, u32 timestamp)
 {
        struct skb_shared_hwtstamps *hwtstamps = skb_hwtstamps(skb);
        u64 ns;
 
+       spin_lock_bh(&dev->tc_lock);
        ns = timecounter_cyc2time(&dev->tc, timestamp);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&dev->tc_lock);
+
        hwtstamps->hwtstamp = ns_to_ktime(ns);
 }
 
        cc->shift = 32 - bits_per(NSEC_PER_SEC / GS_USB_TIMESTAMP_TIMER_HZ);
        cc->mult = clocksource_hz2mult(GS_USB_TIMESTAMP_TIMER_HZ, cc->shift);
 
+       spin_lock_init(&dev->tc_lock);
+       spin_lock_bh(&dev->tc_lock);
        timecounter_init(&dev->tc, &dev->cc, ktime_get_real_ns());
+       spin_unlock_bh(&dev->tc_lock);
 
        INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&dev->timestamp, gs_usb_timestamp_work);
        schedule_delayed_work(&dev->timestamp,
        }
 }
 
-static void gs_usb_set_timestamp(const struct gs_can *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
+static void gs_usb_set_timestamp(struct gs_can *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
                                 const struct gs_host_frame *hf)
 {
        u32 timestamp;