diff --git a/net/rds/tcp_send.c b/net/rds/tcp_send.c
index a28b895..2f012a0 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp_send.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp_send.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
 	struct rds_connection *conn;
 	struct rds_tcp_connection *tc;
 
-	read_lock(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
+	read_lock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
 	conn = sk->sk_user_data;
 	if (conn == NULL) {
 		write_space = sk->sk_write_space;
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
 		queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &conn->c_send_w, 0);
 
 out:
-	read_unlock(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
+	read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * write_space is only called when data leaves tcp's send queue if