diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_tx.c
index ff8242f67c54560a86950929cc1e45f2a07d83a2..51a23345caa180ba8cf387e8199011afe333f42b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_tx.c
@@ -149,7 +149,9 @@ static int mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover(void *ctx)
 		return err;
 	}
 
+	mutex_lock(&priv->state_lock);
 	err = mlx5e_safe_reopen_channels(priv);
+	mutex_unlock(&priv->state_lock);
 	if (!err) {
 		to_ctx->status = 1; /* all channels recovered */
 		return err;