diff --git a/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c b/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c
index 9a5c9fd2dbc6..5739a9669b29 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ struct mlxbf_tmfifo_irq_info {
  * @work: work struct for deferred process
  * @timer: background timer
  * @vring: Tx/Rx ring
- * @spin_lock: spin lock
+ * @spin_lock: Tx/Rx spin lock
  * @is_ready: ready flag
  */
 struct mlxbf_tmfifo {
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ struct mlxbf_tmfifo {
 	struct work_struct work;
 	struct timer_list timer;
 	struct mlxbf_tmfifo_vring *vring[2];
-	spinlock_t spin_lock;		/* spin lock */
+	spinlock_t spin_lock[2];	/* spin lock */
 	bool is_ready;
 };
 
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ static void mlxbf_tmfifo_console_tx(struct mlxbf_tmfifo *fifo, int avail)
 	writeq(*(u64 *)&hdr, fifo->tx_base + MLXBF_TMFIFO_TX_DATA);
 
 	/* Use spin-lock to protect the 'cons->tx_buf'. */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&fifo->spin_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&fifo->spin_lock[0], flags);
 
 	while (size > 0) {
 		addr = cons->tx_buf.buf + cons->tx_buf.tail;
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ static void mlxbf_tmfifo_console_tx(struct mlxbf_tmfifo *fifo, int avail)
 		}
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fifo->spin_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fifo->spin_lock[0], flags);
 }
 
 /* Rx/Tx one word in the descriptor buffer. */
@@ -731,9 +731,9 @@ static bool mlxbf_tmfifo_rxtx_one_desc(struct mlxbf_tmfifo_vring *vring,
 		fifo->vring[is_rx] = NULL;
 
 		/* Notify upper layer that packet is done. */
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&fifo->spin_lock, flags);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&fifo->spin_lock[is_rx], flags);
 		vring_interrupt(0, vring->vq);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fifo->spin_lock, flags);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fifo->spin_lock[is_rx], flags);
 	}
 
 mlxbf_tmfifo_desc_done:
@@ -852,10 +852,10 @@ static bool mlxbf_tmfifo_virtio_notify(struct virtqueue *vq)
 		 * worker handler.
 		 */
 		if (vring->vdev_id == VIRTIO_ID_CONSOLE) {
-			spin_lock_irqsave(&fifo->spin_lock, flags);
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&fifo->spin_lock[0], flags);
 			tm_vdev = fifo->vdev[VIRTIO_ID_CONSOLE];
 			mlxbf_tmfifo_console_output(tm_vdev, vring);
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fifo->spin_lock, flags);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fifo->spin_lock[0], flags);
 		} else if (test_and_set_bit(MLXBF_TM_TX_LWM_IRQ,
 					    &fifo->pend_events)) {
 			return true;
@@ -1189,7 +1189,8 @@ static int mlxbf_tmfifo_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!fifo)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	spin_lock_init(&fifo->spin_lock);
+	spin_lock_init(&fifo->spin_lock[0]);
+	spin_lock_init(&fifo->spin_lock[1]);
 	INIT_WORK(&fifo->work, mlxbf_tmfifo_work_handler);
 	mutex_init(&fifo->lock);