diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 83805feea880..0969fb60d6ea 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -751,6 +751,9 @@ extern void FASTCALL(release_sock(struct sock *sk));
 
 /* BH context may only use the following locking interface. */
 #define bh_lock_sock(__sk)	spin_lock(&((__sk)->sk_lock.slock))
+#define bh_lock_sock_nested(__sk) \
+				spin_lock_nested(&((__sk)->sk_lock.slock), \
+				SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING)
 #define bh_unlock_sock(__sk)	spin_unlock(&((__sk)->sk_lock.slock))
 
 extern struct sock		*sk_alloc(int family,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 823717285c6d..5a886e6efbbe 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ process:
 
 	skb->dev = NULL;
 
-	bh_lock_sock(sk);
+	bh_lock_sock_nested(sk);
 	ret = 0;
 	if (!sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_DMA