diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/ethtool.c
index 5c80fbee7913..72a369cd21a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/ethtool.c
@@ -107,10 +107,8 @@ nsim_set_channels(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_channels *ch)
 	struct netdevsim *ns = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int err;
 
-	netdev_lock(dev);
 	err = netif_set_real_num_queues(dev, ch->combined_count,
 					ch->combined_count);
-	netdev_unlock(dev);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
diff --git a/net/dsa/conduit.c b/net/dsa/conduit.c
index 3dfdb3cb47dc..f21bb2551bed 100644
--- a/net/dsa/conduit.c
+++ b/net/dsa/conduit.c
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ static int dsa_conduit_get_regs_len(struct net_device *dev)
 	int len;
 
 	if (ops->get_regs_len) {
+		netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 		len = ops->get_regs_len(dev);
+		netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 		if (len < 0)
 			return len;
 		ret += len;
@@ -57,11 +59,15 @@ static void dsa_conduit_get_regs(struct net_device *dev,
 	int len;
 
 	if (ops->get_regs_len && ops->get_regs) {
+		netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 		len = ops->get_regs_len(dev);
-		if (len < 0)
+		if (len < 0) {
+			netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 			return;
+		}
 		regs->len = len;
 		ops->get_regs(dev, regs, data);
+		netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 		data += regs->len;
 	}
 
@@ -91,8 +97,10 @@ static void dsa_conduit_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *dev,
 	int count = 0;
 
 	if (ops->get_sset_count && ops->get_ethtool_stats) {
+		netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 		count = ops->get_sset_count(dev, ETH_SS_STATS);
 		ops->get_ethtool_stats(dev, stats, data);
+		netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 	}
 
 	if (ds->ops->get_ethtool_stats)
@@ -114,8 +122,10 @@ static void dsa_conduit_get_ethtool_phy_stats(struct net_device *dev,
 		if (count >= 0)
 			phy_ethtool_get_stats(dev->phydev, stats, data);
 	} else if (ops->get_sset_count && ops->get_ethtool_phy_stats) {
+		netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 		count = ops->get_sset_count(dev, ETH_SS_PHY_STATS);
 		ops->get_ethtool_phy_stats(dev, stats, data);
+		netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 	}
 
 	if (count < 0)
@@ -132,11 +142,13 @@ static int dsa_conduit_get_sset_count(struct net_device *dev, int sset)
 	struct dsa_switch *ds = cpu_dp->ds;
 	int count = 0;
 
+	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 	if (sset == ETH_SS_PHY_STATS && dev->phydev &&
 	    !ops->get_ethtool_phy_stats)
 		count = phy_ethtool_get_sset_count(dev->phydev);
 	else if (ops->get_sset_count)
 		count = ops->get_sset_count(dev, sset);
+	netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 
 	if (count < 0)
 		count = 0;
@@ -163,6 +175,7 @@ static void dsa_conduit_get_strings(struct net_device *dev, uint32_t stringset,
 	/* We do not want to be NULL-terminated, since this is a prefix */
 	pfx[sizeof(pfx) - 1] = '_';
 
+	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 	if (stringset == ETH_SS_PHY_STATS && dev->phydev &&
 	    !ops->get_ethtool_phy_stats) {
 		mcount = phy_ethtool_get_sset_count(dev->phydev);
@@ -176,6 +189,7 @@ static void dsa_conduit_get_strings(struct net_device *dev, uint32_t stringset,
 			mcount = 0;
 		ops->get_strings(dev, stringset, data);
 	}
+	netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 
 	if (ds->ops->get_strings) {
 		ndata = data + mcount * len;
diff --git a/net/ethtool/cabletest.c b/net/ethtool/cabletest.c
index f22051f33868..d4a79310b33f 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/cabletest.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/cabletest.c
@@ -72,23 +72,24 @@ int ethnl_act_cable_test(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	dev = req_info.dev;
 
 	rtnl_lock();
+	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 	phydev = ethnl_req_get_phydev(&req_info,
 				      tb[ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_HEADER],
 				      info->extack);
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(phydev)) {
 		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		goto out_rtnl;
+		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
 	ops = ethtool_phy_ops;
 	if (!ops || !ops->start_cable_test) {
 		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		goto out_rtnl;
+		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
 	ret = ethnl_ops_begin(dev);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out_rtnl;
+		goto out_unlock;
 
 	ret = ops->start_cable_test(phydev, info->extack);
 
@@ -97,7 +98,8 @@ int ethnl_act_cable_test(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (!ret)
 		ethnl_cable_test_started(phydev, ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_NTF);
 
-out_rtnl:
+out_unlock:
+	netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	ethnl_parse_header_dev_put(&req_info);
 	return ret;
@@ -339,23 +341,24 @@ int ethnl_act_cable_test_tdr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		goto out_dev_put;
 
 	rtnl_lock();
+	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 	phydev = ethnl_req_get_phydev(&req_info,
 				      tb[ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_TDR_HEADER],
 				      info->extack);
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(phydev)) {
 		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		goto out_rtnl;
+		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
 	ops = ethtool_phy_ops;
 	if (!ops || !ops->start_cable_test_tdr) {
 		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		goto out_rtnl;
+		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
 	ret = ethnl_ops_begin(dev);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out_rtnl;
+		goto out_unlock;
 
 	ret = ops->start_cable_test_tdr(phydev, info->extack, &cfg);
 
@@ -365,7 +368,8 @@ int ethnl_act_cable_test_tdr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		ethnl_cable_test_started(phydev,
 					 ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_TDR_NTF);
 
-out_rtnl:
+out_unlock:
+	netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 out_dev_put:
 	ethnl_parse_header_dev_put(&req_info);
diff --git a/net/ethtool/cmis_fw_update.c b/net/ethtool/cmis_fw_update.c
index 48aef6220f00..946830af3e7c 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/cmis_fw_update.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/cmis_fw_update.c
@@ -418,8 +418,13 @@ cmis_fw_update_commit_image(struct ethtool_cmis_cdb *cdb,
 static int cmis_fw_update_reset(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	__u32 reset_data = ETH_RESET_PHY;
+	int ret;
 
-	return dev->ethtool_ops->reset(dev, &reset_data);
+	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
+	ret = dev->ethtool_ops->reset(dev, &reset_data);
+	netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/net/ethtool/features.c b/net/ethtool/features.c
index b6cb101d7f19..ccffd64d5a87 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/features.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/features.c
@@ -234,9 +234,10 @@ int ethnl_set_features(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	dev = req_info.dev;
 
 	rtnl_lock();
+	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 	ret = ethnl_ops_begin(dev);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out_rtnl;
+		goto out_unlock;
 	ethnl_features_to_bitmap(old_active, dev->features);
 	ethnl_features_to_bitmap(old_wanted, dev->wanted_features);
 	ret = ethnl_parse_bitset(req_wanted, req_mask, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT,
@@ -286,7 +287,8 @@ int ethnl_set_features(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 out_ops:
 	ethnl_ops_complete(dev);
-out_rtnl:
+out_unlock:
+	netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	ethnl_parse_header_dev_put(&req_info);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/net/ethtool/ioctl.c b/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
index 271c7cef9ef3..f2ed09506371 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
@@ -2317,6 +2317,7 @@ static int ethtool_phys_id(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 	 */
 	busy = true;
 	netdev_hold(dev, &dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
+	netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 
 	if (rc == 0) {
@@ -2331,8 +2332,10 @@ static int ethtool_phys_id(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 
 		do {
 			rtnl_lock();
+			netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 			rc = ops->set_phys_id(dev,
 				    (i++ & 1) ? ETHTOOL_ID_OFF : ETHTOOL_ID_ON);
+			netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 			rtnl_unlock();
 			if (rc)
 				break;
@@ -2341,6 +2344,7 @@ static int ethtool_phys_id(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 	}
 
 	rtnl_lock();
+	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 	netdev_put(dev, &dev_tracker);
 	busy = false;
 
@@ -3140,6 +3144,7 @@ __dev_ethtool(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr, void __user *useraddr,
 			return -EPERM;
 	}
 
+	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 	if (dev->dev.parent)
 		pm_runtime_get_sync(dev->dev.parent);
 
@@ -3373,6 +3378,7 @@ __dev_ethtool(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr, void __user *useraddr,
 out:
 	if (dev->dev.parent)
 		pm_runtime_put(dev->dev.parent);
+	netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 
 	return rc;
 }
diff --git a/net/ethtool/module.c b/net/ethtool/module.c
index 6988e07bdcd6..d3d2e135e45e 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/module.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/module.c
@@ -419,19 +419,21 @@ int ethnl_act_module_fw_flash(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	dev = req_info.dev;
 
 	rtnl_lock();
+	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 	ret = ethnl_ops_begin(dev);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out_rtnl;
+		goto out_unlock;
 
 	ret = ethnl_module_fw_flash_validate(dev, info->extack);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out_rtnl;
+		goto out_unlock;
 
 	ret = module_flash_fw(dev, tb, skb, info);
 
 	ethnl_ops_complete(dev);
 
-out_rtnl:
+out_unlock:
+	netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	ethnl_parse_header_dev_put(&req_info);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.c b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
index b4c45207fa32..dee36f5cc228 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ int ethnl_ops_begin(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (dev->dev.parent)
 		pm_runtime_get_sync(dev->dev.parent);
 
+	netdev_ops_assert_locked(dev);
+
 	if (!netif_device_present(dev) ||
 	    dev->reg_state >= NETREG_UNREGISTERING) {
 		ret = -ENODEV;
@@ -490,7 +492,11 @@ static int ethnl_default_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	ethnl_init_reply_data(reply_data, ops, req_info->dev);
 
 	rtnl_lock();
+	if (req_info->dev)
+		netdev_lock_ops(req_info->dev);
 	ret = ops->prepare_data(req_info, reply_data, info);
+	if (req_info->dev)
+		netdev_unlock_ops(req_info->dev);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err_cleanup;
@@ -548,7 +554,9 @@ static int ethnl_default_dump_one(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 
 	ethnl_init_reply_data(ctx->reply_data, ctx->ops, dev);
 	rtnl_lock();
+	netdev_lock_ops(ctx->req_info->dev);
 	ret = ctx->ops->prepare_data(ctx->req_info, ctx->reply_data, info);
+	netdev_unlock_ops(ctx->req_info->dev);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
@@ -693,6 +701,7 @@ static int ethnl_default_set_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	dev = req_info.dev;
 
 	rtnl_lock();
+	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 	dev->cfg_pending = kmemdup(dev->cfg, sizeof(*dev->cfg),
 				   GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!dev->cfg_pending) {
@@ -720,6 +729,7 @@ static int ethnl_default_set_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	kfree(dev->cfg_pending);
 out_tie_cfg:
 	dev->cfg_pending = dev->cfg;
+	netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 out_dev:
 	ethnl_parse_header_dev_put(&req_info);
@@ -777,6 +787,8 @@ static void ethnl_default_notify(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int cmd,
 	req_info->dev = dev;
 	req_info->flags |= ETHTOOL_FLAG_COMPACT_BITSETS;
 
+	netdev_ops_assert_locked(dev);
+
 	ethnl_init_reply_data(reply_data, ops, dev);
 	ret = ops->prepare_data(req_info, reply_data, &info);
 	if (ret < 0)
diff --git a/net/ethtool/phy.c b/net/ethtool/phy.c
index ed8f690f6bac..2b428bc80c9b 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/phy.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/phy.c
@@ -158,18 +158,19 @@ int ethnl_phy_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		return ret;
 
 	rtnl_lock();
+	netdev_lock_ops(req_info.base.dev);
 
 	ret = ethnl_phy_parse_request(&req_info.base, tb, info->extack);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto err_unlock_rtnl;
+		goto err_unlock;
 
 	/* No PHY, return early */
 	if (!req_info.pdn)
-		goto err_unlock_rtnl;
+		goto err_unlock;
 
 	ret = ethnl_phy_reply_size(&req_info.base, info->extack);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto err_unlock_rtnl;
+		goto err_unlock;
 	reply_len = ret + ethnl_reply_header_size();
 
 	rskb = ethnl_reply_init(reply_len, req_info.base.dev,
@@ -178,13 +179,14 @@ int ethnl_phy_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 				info, &reply_payload);
 	if (!rskb) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err_unlock_rtnl;
+		goto err_unlock;
 	}
 
 	ret = ethnl_phy_fill_reply(&req_info.base, rskb);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_free_msg;
 
+	netdev_unlock_ops(req_info.base.dev);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	ethnl_parse_header_dev_put(&req_info.base);
 	genlmsg_end(rskb, reply_payload);
@@ -193,7 +195,8 @@ int ethnl_phy_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 err_free_msg:
 	nlmsg_free(rskb);
-err_unlock_rtnl:
+err_unlock:
+	netdev_unlock_ops(req_info.base.dev);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	ethnl_parse_header_dev_put(&req_info.base);
 	return ret;
@@ -290,10 +293,15 @@ int ethnl_phy_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	rtnl_lock();
 
 	if (ctx->phy_req_info->base.dev) {
-		ret = ethnl_phy_dump_one_dev(skb, ctx->phy_req_info->base.dev, cb);
+		dev = ctx->phy_req_info->base.dev;
+		netdev_lock_ops(dev);
+		ret = ethnl_phy_dump_one_dev(skb, dev, cb);
+		netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 	} else {
 		for_each_netdev_dump(net, dev, ctx->ifindex) {
+			netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 			ret = ethnl_phy_dump_one_dev(skb, dev, cb);
+			netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 			if (ret)
 				break;
 
diff --git a/net/ethtool/rss.c b/net/ethtool/rss.c
index 58df9ad02ce8..ec41d1d7eefe 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/rss.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/rss.c
@@ -345,7 +345,9 @@ int ethnl_rss_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 		if (ctx->match_ifindex && ctx->match_ifindex != ctx->ifindex)
 			break;
 
+		netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 		ret = rss_dump_one_dev(skb, cb, dev);
+		netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
diff --git a/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c b/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c
index 691be6c445b3..73b6a89b8731 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c
@@ -448,12 +448,15 @@ int ethnl_tsinfo_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 
 	rtnl_lock();
 	if (ctx->req_info->base.dev) {
-		ret = ethnl_tsinfo_dump_one_net_topo(skb,
-						     ctx->req_info->base.dev,
-						     cb);
+		dev = ctx->req_info->base.dev;
+		netdev_lock_ops(dev);
+		ret = ethnl_tsinfo_dump_one_net_topo(skb, dev, cb);
+		netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 	} else {
 		for_each_netdev_dump(net, dev, ctx->pos_ifindex) {
+			netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 			ret = ethnl_tsinfo_dump_one_net_topo(skb, dev, cb);
+			netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 			if (ret < 0 && ret != -EOPNOTSUPP)
 				break;
 			ctx->pos_phyindex = 0;
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
index 10548bb78da1..edcb163d23ad 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
@@ -1620,8 +1620,11 @@ static int taprio_parse_clockid(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr **tb,
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		if (ops && ops->get_ts_info)
+		if (ops && ops->get_ts_info) {
+			netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 			err = ops->get_ts_info(dev, &info);
+			netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
+		}
 
 		if (err || info.phc_index < 0) {
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
