* ice_pf_dcb_cfg - Apply new DCB configuration
  * @pf: pointer to the PF struct
  * @new_cfg: DCBX config to apply
+ * @locked: is the RTNL held
  */
-static int ice_pf_dcb_cfg(struct ice_pf *pf, struct ice_dcbx_cfg *new_cfg)
+static
+int ice_pf_dcb_cfg(struct ice_pf *pf, struct ice_dcbx_cfg *new_cfg, bool locked)
 {
        struct ice_dcbx_cfg *old_cfg, *curr_cfg;
        struct ice_aqc_port_ets_elem buf = { 0 };
        /* avoid race conditions by holding the lock while disabling and
         * re-enabling the VSI
         */
-       rtnl_lock();
+       if (!locked)
+               rtnl_lock();
        ice_pf_dis_all_vsi(pf, true);
 
        memcpy(curr_cfg, new_cfg, sizeof(*curr_cfg));
 
 out:
        ice_pf_ena_all_vsi(pf, true);
-       rtnl_unlock();
+       if (!locked)
+               rtnl_unlock();
        devm_kfree(&pf->pdev->dev, old_cfg);
        return ret;
 }
        prev_cfg->etscfg.tcbwtable[0] = ICE_TC_MAX_BW;
        prev_cfg->etscfg.tsatable[0] = ICE_IEEE_TSA_ETS;
        memcpy(&prev_cfg->etsrec, &prev_cfg->etscfg, sizeof(prev_cfg->etsrec));
-       ice_pf_dcb_cfg(pf, prev_cfg);
+       ice_pf_dcb_cfg(pf, prev_cfg, false);
        devm_kfree(&pf->pdev->dev, prev_cfg);
 }
 
 /**
  * ice_dcb_init_cfg - set the initial DCB config in SW
  * @pf: pf to apply config to
+ * @locked: Is the RTNL held
  */
-static int ice_dcb_init_cfg(struct ice_pf *pf)
+static int ice_dcb_init_cfg(struct ice_pf *pf, bool locked)
 {
        struct ice_dcbx_cfg *newcfg;
        struct ice_port_info *pi;
        memset(&pi->local_dcbx_cfg, 0, sizeof(*newcfg));
 
        dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev, "Configuring initial DCB values\n");
-       if (ice_pf_dcb_cfg(pf, newcfg))
+       if (ice_pf_dcb_cfg(pf, newcfg, locked))
                ret = -EINVAL;
 
        devm_kfree(&pf->pdev->dev, newcfg);
 /**
  * ice_dcb_sw_default_config - Apply a default DCB config
  * @pf: pf to apply config to
+ * @locked: was this function called with RTNL held
  */
-static int ice_dcb_sw_dflt_cfg(struct ice_pf *pf)
+static int ice_dcb_sw_dflt_cfg(struct ice_pf *pf, bool locked)
 {
        struct ice_aqc_port_ets_elem buf = { 0 };
        struct ice_dcbx_cfg *dcbcfg;
        dcbcfg->app[0].priority = 3;
        dcbcfg->app[0].prot_id = ICE_APP_PROT_ID_FCOE;
 
-       ret = ice_pf_dcb_cfg(pf, dcbcfg);
+       ret = ice_pf_dcb_cfg(pf, dcbcfg, locked);
        devm_kfree(&pf->pdev->dev, dcbcfg);
        if (ret)
                return ret;
 /**
  * ice_init_pf_dcb - initialize DCB for a PF
  * @pf: pf to initiialize DCB for
+ * @locked: Was function called with RTNL held
  */
-int ice_init_pf_dcb(struct ice_pf *pf)
+int ice_init_pf_dcb(struct ice_pf *pf, bool locked)
 {
        struct device *dev = &pf->pdev->dev;
        struct ice_port_info *port_info;
        }
 
        if (sw_default) {
-               err = ice_dcb_sw_dflt_cfg(pf);
+               err = ice_dcb_sw_dflt_cfg(pf, locked);
                if (err) {
                        dev_err(&pf->pdev->dev,
                                "Failed to set local DCB config %d\n", err);
 
        set_bit(ICE_FLAG_DCB_CAPABLE, pf->flags);
 
-       err = ice_dcb_init_cfg(pf);
+       err = ice_dcb_init_cfg(pf, locked);
        if (err)
                goto dcb_init_err;
 
 
                err = ice_lldp_to_dcb_cfg(event->msg_buf, dcbcfg);
                if (!err)
-                       ice_pf_dcb_cfg(pf, dcbcfg);
+                       ice_pf_dcb_cfg(pf, dcbcfg, false);
 
                devm_kfree(&pf->pdev->dev, dcbcfg);