tx_ring->dirty_tx = 0;
        tx_ring->cur_tx = 0;
 
-       /* initialise TX queue lock */
-       spin_lock_init(&tx_ring->tx_lock);
-
        return 0;
 
 dmamem_err:
 
        dev_txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(priv->dev, queue_no);
 
-       spin_lock(&tqueue->tx_lock);
+       __netif_tx_lock(dev_txq, smp_processor_id());
 
        priv->xstats.tx_clean++;
        while (tqueue->dirty_tx != tqueue->cur_tx) {
 
        /* wake up queue */
        if (unlikely(netif_tx_queue_stopped(dev_txq) &&
-                    sxgbe_tx_avail(tqueue, tx_rsize) > SXGBE_TX_THRESH(priv))) {
-               netif_tx_lock(priv->dev);
-               if (netif_tx_queue_stopped(dev_txq) &&
-                   sxgbe_tx_avail(tqueue, tx_rsize) > SXGBE_TX_THRESH(priv)) {
-                       if (netif_msg_tx_done(priv))
-                               pr_debug("%s: restart transmit\n", __func__);
-                       netif_tx_wake_queue(dev_txq);
-               }
-               netif_tx_unlock(priv->dev);
+           sxgbe_tx_avail(tqueue, tx_rsize) > SXGBE_TX_THRESH(priv))) {
+               if (netif_msg_tx_done(priv))
+                       pr_debug("%s: restart transmit\n", __func__);
+               netif_tx_wake_queue(dev_txq);
        }
 
-       spin_unlock(&tqueue->tx_lock);
+       __netif_tx_unlock(dev_txq);
 }
 
 /**
                      tqueue->hwts_tx_en)))
                ctxt_desc_req = 1;
 
-       /* get the spinlock */
-       spin_lock(&tqueue->tx_lock);
-
        if (priv->tx_path_in_lpi_mode)
                sxgbe_disable_eee_mode(priv);
 
                        netdev_err(dev, "%s: Tx Ring is full when %d queue is awake\n",
                                   __func__, txq_index);
                }
-               /* release the spin lock in case of BUSY */
-               spin_unlock(&tqueue->tx_lock);
                return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
        }
 
 
        priv->hw->dma->enable_dma_transmission(priv->ioaddr, txq_index);
 
-       spin_unlock(&tqueue->tx_lock);
-
        return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }