struct memrecord *range = NULL;
        u32 freed = 0;
        u32 last_addr = priv->rx_start;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->tx_queue.lock, flags);
        while (entry != (struct sk_buff *)&priv->tx_queue) {
                struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(entry);
                range = (void *)info->driver_data;
 
                        last_addr = range->end_addr;
                        __skb_unlink(entry, &priv->tx_queue);
+                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->tx_queue.lock, flags);
+
                        memset(&info->status, 0, sizeof(info->status));
                        entry_hdr = (struct p54_control_hdr *) entry->data;
                        entry_data = (struct p54_tx_control_allocdata *) entry_hdr->data;
                        info->status.ack_signal = le16_to_cpu(payload->ack_rssi);
                        skb_pull(entry, sizeof(*hdr) + pad + sizeof(*entry_data));
                        ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe(dev, entry);
-                       break;
+                       goto out;
                } else
                        last_addr = range->end_addr;
                entry = entry->next;
        }
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->tx_queue.lock, flags);
 
+out:
        if (freed >= IEEE80211_MAX_RTS_THRESHOLD + 0x170 +
            sizeof(struct p54_control_hdr))
                p54_wake_free_queues(dev);