diff --git a/net/sched/act_ife.c b/net/sched/act_ife.c
index 6bbc518..e341bef 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_ife.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_ife.c
@@ -302,7 +302,9 @@ static int add_metainfo(struct tcf_ife_info *ife, u32 metaid, void *metaval,
 		}
 	}
 
+	spin_lock_bh(&ife->tcf_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&mi->metalist, &ife->metalist);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&ife->tcf_lock);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -474,7 +476,6 @@ static int tcf_ife_init(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 			saddr = nla_data(tb[TCA_IFE_SMAC]);
 	}
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&ife->tcf_lock);
 	ife->tcf_action = parm->action;
 
 	if (parm->flags & IFE_ENCODE) {
@@ -504,7 +505,6 @@ metadata_parse_err:
 			if (ret == ACT_P_CREATED)
 				_tcf_ife_cleanup(a, bind);
 
-			spin_unlock_bh(&ife->tcf_lock);
 			return err;
 		}
 
@@ -523,13 +523,10 @@ metadata_parse_err:
 			if (ret == ACT_P_CREATED)
 				_tcf_ife_cleanup(a, bind);
 
-			spin_unlock_bh(&ife->tcf_lock);
 			return err;
 		}
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock_bh(&ife->tcf_lock);
-
 	if (ret == ACT_P_CREATED)
 		tcf_hash_insert(tn, a);