diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
index cea62b8f554c..442991d91c15 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
@@ -679,9 +679,7 @@ int mlx4_en_process_rx_cq(struct net_device *dev, struct mlx4_en_cq *cq, int bud
 
 	ring = priv->rx_ring[cq_ring];
 
-	/* Protect accesses to: ring->xdp_prog, priv->mac_hash list */
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	xdp_prog = rcu_dereference(ring->xdp_prog);
+	xdp_prog = rcu_dereference_bh(ring->xdp_prog);
 	xdp_init_buff(&xdp, priv->frag_info[0].frag_stride, &ring->xdp_rxq);
 	doorbell_pending = false;
 
@@ -744,7 +742,7 @@ int mlx4_en_process_rx_cq(struct net_device *dev, struct mlx4_en_cq *cq, int bud
 				/* Drop the packet, since HW loopback-ed it */
 				mac_hash = ethh->h_source[MLX4_EN_MAC_HASH_IDX];
 				bucket = &priv->mac_hash[mac_hash];
-				hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(entry, bucket, hlist) {
+				hlist_for_each_entry_rcu_bh(entry, bucket, hlist) {
 					if (ether_addr_equal_64bits(entry->mac,
 								    ethh->h_source))
 						goto next;
@@ -899,8 +897,6 @@ int mlx4_en_process_rx_cq(struct net_device *dev, struct mlx4_en_cq *cq, int bud
 			break;
 	}
 
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
 	if (likely(polled)) {
 		if (doorbell_pending) {
 			priv->tx_cq[TX_XDP][cq_ring]->xdp_busy = true;