const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
        struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
-       char *driver_override, *old = pdev->driver_override, *cp;
+       char *driver_override, *old, *cp;
 
        /* We need to keep extra room for a newline */
        if (count >= (PAGE_SIZE - 1))
        if (cp)
                *cp = '\0';
 
+       device_lock(dev);
+       old = pdev->driver_override;
        if (strlen(driver_override)) {
                pdev->driver_override = driver_override;
        } else {
                kfree(driver_override);
                pdev->driver_override = NULL;
        }
+       device_unlock(dev);
 
        kfree(old);
 
                                    struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
        struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
+       ssize_t len;
 
-       return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", pdev->driver_override);
+       device_lock(dev);
+       len = snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", pdev->driver_override);
+       device_unlock(dev);
+       return len;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(driver_override);