diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
index 98039da..ccaa0c3 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct ipoib_neigh *neigh, *tmp;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	int tx_dropped = 0;
 
 	ipoib_dbg_mcast(netdev_priv(dev),
 			"deleting multicast group " IPOIB_GID_FMT "\n",
@@ -123,8 +124,14 @@
 	if (mcast->ah)
 		ipoib_put_ah(mcast->ah);
 
-	while (!skb_queue_empty(&mcast->pkt_queue))
+	while (!skb_queue_empty(&mcast->pkt_queue)) {
+		++tx_dropped;
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb_dequeue(&mcast->pkt_queue));
+	}
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->tx_lock, flags);
+	priv->stats.tx_dropped += tx_dropped;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->tx_lock, flags);
 
 	kfree(mcast);
 }
@@ -276,8 +283,10 @@
 	}
 
 	/* actually send any queued packets */
+	spin_lock_irq(&priv->tx_lock);
 	while (!skb_queue_empty(&mcast->pkt_queue)) {
 		struct sk_buff *skb = skb_dequeue(&mcast->pkt_queue);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&priv->tx_lock);
 
 		skb->dev = dev;
 
@@ -288,7 +297,9 @@
 
 		if (dev_queue_xmit(skb))
 			ipoib_warn(priv, "dev_queue_xmit failed to requeue packet\n");
+		spin_lock_irq(&priv->tx_lock);
 	}
+	spin_unlock_irq(&priv->tx_lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -300,6 +311,7 @@
 {
 	struct ipoib_mcast *mcast = mcast_ptr;
 	struct net_device *dev = mcast->dev;
+	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
 	if (!status)
 		ipoib_mcast_join_finish(mcast, mcmember);
@@ -310,8 +322,12 @@
 					IPOIB_GID_ARG(mcast->mcmember.mgid), status);
 
 		/* Flush out any queued packets */
-		while (!skb_queue_empty(&mcast->pkt_queue))
+		spin_lock_irq(&priv->tx_lock);
+		while (!skb_queue_empty(&mcast->pkt_queue)) {
+			++priv->stats.tx_dropped;
 			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb_dequeue(&mcast->pkt_queue));
+		}
+		spin_unlock_irq(&priv->tx_lock);
 
 		/* Clear the busy flag so we try again */
 		clear_bit(IPOIB_MCAST_FLAG_BUSY, &mcast->flags);
@@ -687,6 +703,7 @@
 		if (!mcast) {
 			ipoib_warn(priv, "unable to allocate memory for "
 				   "multicast structure\n");
+			++priv->stats.tx_dropped;
 			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -700,8 +717,10 @@
 	if (!mcast->ah) {
 		if (skb_queue_len(&mcast->pkt_queue) < IPOIB_MAX_MCAST_QUEUE)
 			skb_queue_tail(&mcast->pkt_queue, skb);
-		else
+		else {
+			++priv->stats.tx_dropped;
 			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+		}
 
 		if (mcast->query)
 			ipoib_dbg_mcast(priv, "no address vector, "