if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
int cpu = smp_processor_id(); /* ok because BHs are off */
- if (txq->xmit_lock_owner != cpu) {
+ /* Other cpus might concurrently change txq->xmit_lock_owner
+ * to -1 or to their cpu id, but not to our id.
+ */
+ if (READ_ONCE(txq->xmit_lock_owner) != cpu) {
if (dev_xmit_recursion())
goto recursion_alert;