diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c
index ce46f3ac3b5a..fad5a72d3b16 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ rio_probe1 (struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	np->ioaddr = ioaddr;
 	np->chip_id = chip_idx;
 	np->pdev = pdev;
+
+	spin_lock_init(&np->stats_lock);
 	spin_lock_init (&np->tx_lock);
 	spin_lock_init (&np->rx_lock);
 
@@ -866,7 +868,6 @@ tx_error (struct net_device *dev, int tx_status)
 	frame_id = (tx_status & 0xffff0000);
 	printk (KERN_ERR "%s: Transmit error, TxStatus %4.4x, FrameId %d.\n",
 		dev->name, tx_status, frame_id);
-	dev->stats.tx_errors++;
 	/* Ttransmit Underrun */
 	if (tx_status & 0x10) {
 		dev->stats.tx_fifo_errors++;
@@ -903,9 +904,15 @@ tx_error (struct net_device *dev, int tx_status)
 		rio_set_led_mode(dev);
 		/* Let TxStartThresh stay default value */
 	}
+
+	spin_lock(&np->stats_lock);
 	/* Maximum Collisions */
 	if (tx_status & 0x08)
 		dev->stats.collisions++;
+
+	dev->stats.tx_errors++;
+	spin_unlock(&np->stats_lock);
+
 	/* Restart the Tx */
 	dw32(MACCtrl, dr16(MACCtrl) | TxEnable);
 }
@@ -1074,7 +1081,9 @@ get_stats (struct net_device *dev)
 	int i;
 #endif
 	unsigned int stat_reg;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&np->stats_lock, flags);
 	/* All statistics registers need to be acknowledged,
 	   else statistic overflow could cause problems */
 
@@ -1124,6 +1133,9 @@ get_stats (struct net_device *dev)
 	dr16(TCPCheckSumErrors);
 	dr16(UDPCheckSumErrors);
 	dr16(IPCheckSumErrors);
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->stats_lock, flags);
+
 	return &dev->stats;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.h
index 0e33e2eaae96..56aff2f0bdbf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.h
@@ -372,6 +372,8 @@ struct netdev_private {
 	struct pci_dev *pdev;
 	void __iomem *ioaddr;
 	void __iomem *eeprom_addr;
+	// To ensure synchronization when stats are updated.
+	spinlock_t stats_lock;
 	spinlock_t tx_lock;
 	spinlock_t rx_lock;
 	unsigned int rx_buf_sz;		/* Based on MTU+slack. */