if (!app)
                return -EMSGSIZE;
 
-       spin_lock(&dcb_lock);
+       spin_lock_bh(&dcb_lock);
        list_for_each_entry(itr, &dcb_app_list, list) {
                if (itr->ifindex == netdev->ifindex) {
                        err = nla_put(skb, DCB_ATTR_IEEE_APP, sizeof(itr->app),
                                         &itr->app);
                        if (err) {
-                               spin_unlock(&dcb_lock);
+                               spin_unlock_bh(&dcb_lock);
                                return -EMSGSIZE;
                        }
                }
        else
                dcbx = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-       spin_unlock(&dcb_lock);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&dcb_lock);
        nla_nest_end(skb, app);
 
        /* get peer info if available */
        }
 
        /* local app */
-       spin_lock(&dcb_lock);
+       spin_lock_bh(&dcb_lock);
        app = nla_nest_start(skb, DCB_ATTR_CEE_APP_TABLE);
        if (!app)
                goto dcb_unlock;
        else
                dcbx = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-       spin_unlock(&dcb_lock);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&dcb_lock);
 
        /* features flags */
        if (ops->getfeatcfg) {
        return 0;
 
 dcb_unlock:
-       spin_unlock(&dcb_lock);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&dcb_lock);
 nla_put_failure:
        return err;
 }
        struct dcb_app_type *itr;
        u8 prio = 0;
 
-       spin_lock(&dcb_lock);
+       spin_lock_bh(&dcb_lock);
        if ((itr = dcb_app_lookup(app, dev->ifindex, 0)))
                prio = itr->app.priority;
-       spin_unlock(&dcb_lock);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&dcb_lock);
 
        return prio;
 }
        if (dev->dcbnl_ops->getdcbx)
                event.dcbx = dev->dcbnl_ops->getdcbx(dev);
 
-       spin_lock(&dcb_lock);
+       spin_lock_bh(&dcb_lock);
        /* Search for existing match and replace */
        if ((itr = dcb_app_lookup(new, dev->ifindex, 0))) {
                if (new->priority)
        if (new->priority)
                err = dcb_app_add(new, dev->ifindex);
 out:
-       spin_unlock(&dcb_lock);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&dcb_lock);
        if (!err)
                call_dcbevent_notifiers(DCB_APP_EVENT, &event);
        return err;
        struct dcb_app_type *itr;
        u8 prio = 0;
 
-       spin_lock(&dcb_lock);
+       spin_lock_bh(&dcb_lock);
        if ((itr = dcb_app_lookup(app, dev->ifindex, 0)))
                prio |= 1 << itr->app.priority;
-       spin_unlock(&dcb_lock);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&dcb_lock);
 
        return prio;
 }
        if (dev->dcbnl_ops->getdcbx)
                event.dcbx = dev->dcbnl_ops->getdcbx(dev);
 
-       spin_lock(&dcb_lock);
+       spin_lock_bh(&dcb_lock);
        /* Search for existing match and abort if found */
        if (dcb_app_lookup(new, dev->ifindex, new->priority)) {
                err = -EEXIST;
 
        err = dcb_app_add(new, dev->ifindex);
 out:
-       spin_unlock(&dcb_lock);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&dcb_lock);
        if (!err)
                call_dcbevent_notifiers(DCB_APP_EVENT, &event);
        return err;
        if (dev->dcbnl_ops->getdcbx)
                event.dcbx = dev->dcbnl_ops->getdcbx(dev);
 
-       spin_lock(&dcb_lock);
+       spin_lock_bh(&dcb_lock);
        /* Search for existing match and remove it. */
        if ((itr = dcb_app_lookup(del, dev->ifindex, del->priority))) {
                list_del(&itr->list);
                err = 0;
        }
 
-       spin_unlock(&dcb_lock);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&dcb_lock);
        if (!err)
                call_dcbevent_notifiers(DCB_APP_EVENT, &event);
        return err;
        struct dcb_app_type *app;
        struct dcb_app_type *tmp;
 
-       spin_lock(&dcb_lock);
+       spin_lock_bh(&dcb_lock);
        list_for_each_entry_safe(app, tmp, &dcb_app_list, list) {
                list_del(&app->list);
                kfree(app);
        }
-       spin_unlock(&dcb_lock);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&dcb_lock);
 }
 
 static int __init dcbnl_init(void)