diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 94dc0a272644..895bfed26a8a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ static void mvneta_bm_update_mtu(struct mvneta_port *pp, int mtu)
 			SKB_DATA_ALIGN(MVNETA_RX_BUF_SIZE(bm_pool->pkt_size));
 
 	/* Fill entire long pool */
-	num = hwbm_pool_add(hwbm_pool, hwbm_pool->size, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	num = hwbm_pool_add(hwbm_pool, hwbm_pool->size);
 	if (num != hwbm_pool->size) {
 		WARN(1, "pool %d: %d of %d allocated\n",
 		     bm_pool->id, num, hwbm_pool->size);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta_bm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta_bm.c
index de468e1bdba9..82ee2bcca6fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta_bm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta_bm.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ struct mvneta_bm_pool *mvneta_bm_pool_use(struct mvneta_bm *priv, u8 pool_id,
 			SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info));
 		hwbm_pool->construct = mvneta_bm_construct;
 		hwbm_pool->priv = new_pool;
-		spin_lock_init(&hwbm_pool->lock);
+		mutex_init(&hwbm_pool->buf_lock);
 
 		/* Create new pool */
 		err = mvneta_bm_pool_create(priv, new_pool);
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ struct mvneta_bm_pool *mvneta_bm_pool_use(struct mvneta_bm *priv, u8 pool_id,
 		}
 
 		/* Allocate buffers for this pool */
-		num = hwbm_pool_add(hwbm_pool, hwbm_pool->size, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		num = hwbm_pool_add(hwbm_pool, hwbm_pool->size);
 		if (num != hwbm_pool->size) {
 			WARN(1, "pool %d: %d of %d allocated\n",
 			     new_pool->id, num, hwbm_pool->size);
diff --git a/include/net/hwbm.h b/include/net/hwbm.h
index 89085e2e2da5..81643cf8a1c4 100644
--- a/include/net/hwbm.h
+++ b/include/net/hwbm.h
@@ -12,18 +12,18 @@ struct hwbm_pool {
 	/* constructor called during alocation */
 	int (*construct)(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, void *buf);
 	/* protect acces to the buffer counter*/
-	spinlock_t lock;
+	struct mutex buf_lock;
 	/* private data */
 	void *priv;
 };
 #ifdef CONFIG_HWBM
 void hwbm_buf_free(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, void *buf);
 int hwbm_pool_refill(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, gfp_t gfp);
-int hwbm_pool_add(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, unsigned int buf_num, gfp_t gfp);
+int hwbm_pool_add(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, unsigned int buf_num);
 #else
 void hwbm_buf_free(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, void *buf) {}
 int hwbm_pool_refill(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, gfp_t gfp) { return 0; }
-int hwbm_pool_add(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, unsigned int buf_num, gfp_t gfp)
+int hwbm_pool_add(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, unsigned int buf_num)
 { return 0; }
 #endif /* CONFIG_HWBM */
 #endif /* _HWBM_H */
diff --git a/net/core/hwbm.c b/net/core/hwbm.c
index fd822ca5a245..ac1a66df9adc 100644
--- a/net/core/hwbm.c
+++ b/net/core/hwbm.c
@@ -43,34 +43,33 @@ int hwbm_pool_refill(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, gfp_t gfp)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwbm_pool_refill);
 
-int hwbm_pool_add(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, unsigned int buf_num, gfp_t gfp)
+int hwbm_pool_add(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, unsigned int buf_num)
 {
 	int err, i;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&bm_pool->lock, flags);
+	mutex_lock(&bm_pool->buf_lock);
 	if (bm_pool->buf_num == bm_pool->size) {
 		pr_warn("pool already filled\n");
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bm_pool->lock, flags);
+		mutex_unlock(&bm_pool->buf_lock);
 		return bm_pool->buf_num;
 	}
 
 	if (buf_num + bm_pool->buf_num > bm_pool->size) {
 		pr_warn("cannot allocate %d buffers for pool\n",
 			buf_num);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bm_pool->lock, flags);
+		mutex_unlock(&bm_pool->buf_lock);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if ((buf_num + bm_pool->buf_num) < bm_pool->buf_num) {
 		pr_warn("Adding %d buffers to the %d current buffers will overflow\n",
 			buf_num,  bm_pool->buf_num);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bm_pool->lock, flags);
+		mutex_unlock(&bm_pool->buf_lock);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < buf_num; i++) {
-		err = hwbm_pool_refill(bm_pool, gfp);
+		err = hwbm_pool_refill(bm_pool, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (err < 0)
 			break;
 	}
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ int hwbm_pool_add(struct hwbm_pool *bm_pool, unsigned int buf_num, gfp_t gfp)
 	bm_pool->buf_num += i;
 
 	pr_debug("hwpm pool: %d of %d buffers added\n", i, buf_num);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bm_pool->lock, flags);
+	mutex_unlock(&bm_pool->buf_lock);
 
 	return i;
 }