diff --git a/net/sctp/inqueue.c b/net/sctp/inqueue.c
index b335ffcef0b9..9d87bba0ff1d 100644
--- a/net/sctp/inqueue.c
+++ b/net/sctp/inqueue.c
@@ -89,10 +89,12 @@ void sctp_inq_push(struct sctp_inq *q, struct sctp_chunk *chunk)
 	 * Eventually, we should clean up inqueue to not rely
 	 * on the BH related data structures.
 	 */
+	local_bh_disable();
 	list_add_tail(&chunk->list, &q->in_chunk_list);
 	if (chunk->asoc)
 		chunk->asoc->stats.ipackets++;
 	q->immediate.func(&q->immediate);
+	local_bh_enable();
 }
 
 /* Peek at the next chunk on the inqeue. */