diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c
index ec0d5a4a60a989d88c47acb810d3ab23be4491d9..5c0ff3d612e3c2fa9f03aed50cc2ddac2cfaa5b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c
@@ -756,7 +756,9 @@ static void mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vregion_rehash_work(struct work_struct *work)
 			     rehash.dw.work);
 	int credits = MLXSW_SP_ACL_TCAM_VREGION_REHASH_CREDITS;
 
+	mutex_lock(&vregion->lock);
 	mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vregion_rehash(vregion->mlxsw_sp, vregion, &credits);
+	mutex_unlock(&vregion->lock);
 	if (credits < 0)
 		/* Rehash gone out of credits so it was interrupted.
 		 * Schedule the work as soon as possible to continue.
@@ -1394,7 +1396,6 @@ mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vregion_migrate(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 	int err, err2;
 
 	trace_mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vregion_migrate(mlxsw_sp, vregion);
-	mutex_lock(&vregion->lock);
 	err = mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vchunk_migrate_all(mlxsw_sp, vregion,
 						   ctx, credits);
 	if (err) {
@@ -1414,7 +1415,6 @@ mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vregion_migrate(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 			/* Let the rollback to be continued later on. */
 		}
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&vregion->lock);
 	trace_mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vregion_migrate_end(mlxsw_sp, vregion);
 	return err;
 }