diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
index a3b0f7a0c61e0d6ffeefcd88ae81ab751554e085..1f82a04ce01a8468e7d8dde208babdea4220ab88 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
@@ -1774,7 +1774,7 @@ struct bnx2x {
 	int			stats_state;
 
 	/* used for synchronization of concurrent threads statistics handling */
-	struct mutex		stats_lock;
+	struct semaphore	stats_lock;
 
 	/* used by dmae command loader */
 	struct dmae_command	stats_dmae;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
index fd52ce95127ef98b7c0687594024357b05c1a848..33501bcddc48eb1f6157a08e3e3d1e08dc087c25 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
@@ -12054,7 +12054,7 @@ static int bnx2x_init_bp(struct bnx2x *bp)
 	mutex_init(&bp->port.phy_mutex);
 	mutex_init(&bp->fw_mb_mutex);
 	mutex_init(&bp->drv_info_mutex);
-	mutex_init(&bp->stats_lock);
+	sema_init(&bp->stats_lock, 1);
 	bp->drv_info_mng_owner = false;
 
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bp->sp_task, bnx2x_sp_task);
@@ -13690,9 +13690,10 @@ static int bnx2x_eeh_nic_unload(struct bnx2x *bp)
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bp->sp_task);
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bp->period_task);
 
-	mutex_lock(&bp->stats_lock);
-	bp->stats_state = STATS_STATE_DISABLED;
-	mutex_unlock(&bp->stats_lock);
+	if (!down_timeout(&bp->stats_lock, HZ / 10)) {
+		bp->stats_state = STATS_STATE_DISABLED;
+		up(&bp->stats_lock);
+	}
 
 	bnx2x_save_statistics(bp);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_stats.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_stats.c
index 266b055c2360af759c7f78395636d541210e5b9d..69d699f0730a3bd4d8980607e0a36cd8da461f1e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_stats.c
@@ -1372,19 +1372,23 @@ void bnx2x_stats_handle(struct bnx2x *bp, enum bnx2x_stats_event event)
 	 * that context in case someone is in the middle of a transition.
 	 * For other events, wait a bit until lock is taken.
 	 */
-	if (!mutex_trylock(&bp->stats_lock)) {
+	if (down_trylock(&bp->stats_lock)) {
 		if (event == STATS_EVENT_UPDATE)
 			return;
 
 		DP(BNX2X_MSG_STATS,
 		   "Unlikely stats' lock contention [event %d]\n", event);
-		mutex_lock(&bp->stats_lock);
+		if (unlikely(down_timeout(&bp->stats_lock, HZ / 10))) {
+			BNX2X_ERR("Failed to take stats lock [event %d]\n",
+				  event);
+			return;
+		}
 	}
 
 	bnx2x_stats_stm[state][event].action(bp);
 	bp->stats_state = bnx2x_stats_stm[state][event].next_state;
 
-	mutex_unlock(&bp->stats_lock);
+	up(&bp->stats_lock);
 
 	if ((event != STATS_EVENT_UPDATE) || netif_msg_timer(bp))
 		DP(BNX2X_MSG_STATS, "state %d -> event %d -> state %d\n",
@@ -1970,7 +1974,11 @@ int bnx2x_stats_safe_exec(struct bnx2x *bp,
 	/* Wait for statistics to end [while blocking further requests],
 	 * then run supplied function 'safely'.
 	 */
-	mutex_lock(&bp->stats_lock);
+	rc = down_timeout(&bp->stats_lock, HZ / 10);
+	if (unlikely(rc)) {
+		BNX2X_ERR("Failed to take statistics lock for safe execution\n");
+		goto out_no_lock;
+	}
 
 	bnx2x_stats_comp(bp);
 	while (bp->stats_pending && cnt--)
@@ -1988,7 +1996,7 @@ int bnx2x_stats_safe_exec(struct bnx2x *bp,
 	/* No need to restart statistics - if they're enabled, the timer
 	 * will restart the statistics.
 	 */
-	mutex_unlock(&bp->stats_lock);
-
+	up(&bp->stats_lock);
+out_no_lock:
 	return rc;
 }