diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index bcd8a3414722..ee07e7eee647 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -2026,6 +2026,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t stmmac_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 dma_map_err:
+	spin_unlock(&priv->tx_lock);
 	dev_err(priv->device, "Tx dma map failed\n");
 	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 	priv->dev->stats.tx_dropped++;