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diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index e9288d0f627e..48f416fabe0c 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -470,6 +470,9 @@ enum ib_port_speed {
/**
* struct rdma_hw_stats
+ * @lock - Mutex to protect parallel write access to lifespan and values
+ * of counters, which are 64bits and not guaranteeed to be written
+ * atomicaly on 32bits systems.
* @timestamp - Used by the core code to track when the last update was
* @lifespan - Used by the core code to determine how old the counters
* should be before being updated again. Stored in jiffies, defaults
@@ -485,6 +488,7 @@ enum ib_port_speed {
* filled in by the drivers get_stats routine
*/
struct rdma_hw_stats {
+ struct mutex lock; /* Protect lifespan and values[] */
unsigned long timestamp;
unsigned long lifespan;
const char * const *names;