diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index 090ee56a9fc9..8e7c1b83da19 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ static void igb_free_q_vector(struct igb_adapter *adapter, int v_idx)
 	adapter->q_vector[v_idx] = NULL;
 	netif_napi_del(&q_vector->napi);
 
-	/* ixgbe_get_stats64() might access the rings on this vector,
+	/* igb_get_stats64() might access the rings on this vector,
 	 * we must wait a grace period before freeing it.
 	 */
 	kfree_rcu(q_vector, rcu);
@@ -4859,6 +4859,8 @@ void igb_update_stats(struct igb_adapter *adapter,
 
 	bytes = 0;
 	packets = 0;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_rx_queues; i++) {
 		u32 rqdpc = rd32(E1000_RQDPC(i));
 		struct igb_ring *ring = adapter->rx_ring[i];
@@ -4894,6 +4896,7 @@ void igb_update_stats(struct igb_adapter *adapter,
 	}
 	net_stats->tx_bytes = bytes;
 	net_stats->tx_packets = packets;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	/* read stats registers */
 	adapter->stats.crcerrs += rd32(E1000_CRCERRS);