struct vnic_dev *vdev = enic->vdev;
 
        spin_lock(&enic->enic_api_lock);
+       while (enic->enic_api_busy) {
+               spin_unlock(&enic->enic_api_lock);
+               cpu_relax();
+               spin_lock(&enic->enic_api_lock);
+       }
+
        spin_lock_bh(&enic->devcmd_lock);
 
        vnic_dev_cmd_proxy_by_index_start(vdev, vf);
 
        int done;
        int err;
 
-       BUG_ON(in_interrupt());
-
        err = start(vdev, arg);
        if (err)
                return err;
                rss_hash_bits, rss_base_cpu, rss_enable);
 }
 
+static void enic_set_api_busy(struct enic *enic, bool busy)
+{
+       spin_lock(&enic->enic_api_lock);
+       enic->enic_api_busy = busy;
+       spin_unlock(&enic->enic_api_lock);
+}
+
 static void enic_reset(struct work_struct *work)
 {
        struct enic *enic = container_of(work, struct enic, reset);
 
        rtnl_lock();
 
-       spin_lock(&enic->enic_api_lock);
+       /* Stop any activity from infiniband */
+       enic_set_api_busy(enic, true);
+
        enic_stop(enic->netdev);
        enic_dev_soft_reset(enic);
        enic_reset_addr_lists(enic);
        enic_set_rss_nic_cfg(enic);
        enic_dev_set_ig_vlan_rewrite_mode(enic);
        enic_open(enic->netdev);
-       spin_unlock(&enic->enic_api_lock);
+
+       /* Allow infiniband to fiddle with the device again */
+       enic_set_api_busy(enic, false);
+
        call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_REBOOT, enic->netdev);
 
        rtnl_unlock();
 
        rtnl_lock();
 
-       spin_lock(&enic->enic_api_lock);
+       /* Stop any activity from infiniband */
+       enic_set_api_busy(enic, true);
+
        enic_dev_hang_notify(enic);
        enic_stop(enic->netdev);
        enic_dev_hang_reset(enic);
        enic_set_rss_nic_cfg(enic);
        enic_dev_set_ig_vlan_rewrite_mode(enic);
        enic_open(enic->netdev);
-       spin_unlock(&enic->enic_api_lock);
+
+       /* Allow infiniband to fiddle with the device again */
+       enic_set_api_busy(enic, false);
+
        call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_REBOOT, enic->netdev);
 
        rtnl_unlock();