INIT_HLIST_NODE(&neigh_node->list);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&neigh_node->bonding_list);
+       spin_lock_init(&neigh_node->tq_lock);
 
        memcpy(neigh_node->addr, neigh, ETH_ALEN);
        neigh_node->orig_node = orig_neigh_node;
 
                if (is_duplicate)
                        continue;
 
+               spin_lock_bh(&tmp_neigh_node->tq_lock);
                ring_buffer_set(tmp_neigh_node->tq_recv,
                                &tmp_neigh_node->tq_index, 0);
                tmp_neigh_node->tq_avg =
                        ring_buffer_avg(tmp_neigh_node->tq_recv);
+               spin_unlock_bh(&tmp_neigh_node->tq_lock);
        }
 
        if (!neigh_node) {
        orig_node->flags = batman_packet->flags;
        neigh_node->last_valid = jiffies;
 
+       spin_lock_bh(&neigh_node->tq_lock);
        ring_buffer_set(neigh_node->tq_recv,
                        &neigh_node->tq_index,
                        batman_packet->tq);
        neigh_node->tq_avg = ring_buffer_avg(neigh_node->tq_recv);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&neigh_node->tq_lock);
 
        if (!is_duplicate) {
                orig_node->last_ttl = batman_packet->ttl;
 
        struct rcu_head rcu;
        struct orig_node *orig_node;
        struct hard_iface *if_incoming;
+       spinlock_t tq_lock;     /* protects: tq_recv, tq_index */
 };