diff --git a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
index 69f5f365239a..10f4e3b55168 100644
--- a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
@@ -3068,8 +3068,8 @@ static irqreturn_t nv_nic_irq(int foo, void *data)
 				np->nic_poll_irq = np->irqmask;
 				mod_timer(&np->nic_poll, jiffies + POLL_WAIT);
 			}
-			printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: too many iterations (%d) in nv_nic_irq.\n", dev->name, i);
 			spin_unlock(&np->lock);
+			printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: too many iterations (%d) in nv_nic_irq.\n", dev->name, i);
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -3186,8 +3186,8 @@ static irqreturn_t nv_nic_irq_optimized(int foo, void *data)
 				np->nic_poll_irq = np->irqmask;
 				mod_timer(&np->nic_poll, jiffies + POLL_WAIT);
 			}
-			printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: too many iterations (%d) in nv_nic_irq.\n", dev->name, i);
 			spin_unlock(&np->lock);
+			printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: too many iterations (%d) in nv_nic_irq.\n", dev->name, i);
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -3233,8 +3233,8 @@ static irqreturn_t nv_nic_irq_tx(int foo, void *data)
 				np->nic_poll_irq |= NVREG_IRQ_TX_ALL;
 				mod_timer(&np->nic_poll, jiffies + POLL_WAIT);
 			}
-			printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: too many iterations (%d) in nv_nic_irq_tx.\n", dev->name, i);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
+			printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: too many iterations (%d) in nv_nic_irq_tx.\n", dev->name, i);
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -3348,8 +3348,8 @@ static irqreturn_t nv_nic_irq_rx(int foo, void *data)
 				np->nic_poll_irq |= NVREG_IRQ_RX_ALL;
 				mod_timer(&np->nic_poll, jiffies + POLL_WAIT);
 			}
-			printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: too many iterations (%d) in nv_nic_irq_rx.\n", dev->name, i);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
+			printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: too many iterations (%d) in nv_nic_irq_rx.\n", dev->name, i);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -3421,8 +3421,8 @@ static irqreturn_t nv_nic_irq_other(int foo, void *data)
 				np->nic_poll_irq |= NVREG_IRQ_OTHER;
 				mod_timer(&np->nic_poll, jiffies + POLL_WAIT);
 			}
-			printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: too many iterations (%d) in nv_nic_irq_other.\n", dev->name, i);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
+			printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: too many iterations (%d) in nv_nic_irq_other.\n", dev->name, i);
 			break;
 		}