diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_device.c b/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
index e4cc6b78dcfc..ac56784c327c 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
@@ -231,9 +231,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t hsr_dev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		skb->dev = master->dev;
 		skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 		skb_reset_mac_len(skb);
-		spin_lock_bh(&hsr->seqnr_lock);
 		hsr_forward_skb(skb, master);
-		spin_unlock_bh(&hsr->seqnr_lock);
 	} else {
 		dev_core_stats_tx_dropped_inc(dev);
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
@@ -314,14 +312,10 @@ static void send_hsr_supervision_frame(struct hsr_port *port,
 	set_hsr_stag_HSR_ver(hsr_stag, hsr->prot_version);
 
 	/* From HSRv1 on we have separate supervision sequence numbers. */
-	spin_lock_bh(&hsr->seqnr_lock);
-	if (hsr->prot_version > 0) {
-		hsr_stag->sequence_nr = htons(hsr->sup_sequence_nr);
-		hsr->sup_sequence_nr++;
-	} else {
-		hsr_stag->sequence_nr = htons(hsr->sequence_nr);
-		hsr->sequence_nr++;
-	}
+	if (hsr->prot_version > 0)
+		hsr_stag->sequence_nr = htons(atomic_inc_return(&hsr->sup_sequence_nr));
+	else
+		hsr_stag->sequence_nr = htons(atomic_inc_return(&hsr->sequence_nr));
 
 	hsr_stag->tlv.HSR_TLV_type = type;
 	/* TODO: Why 12 in HSRv0? */
@@ -343,13 +337,11 @@ static void send_hsr_supervision_frame(struct hsr_port *port,
 		ether_addr_copy(hsr_sp->macaddress_A, hsr->macaddress_redbox);
 	}
 
-	if (skb_put_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN)) {
-		spin_unlock_bh(&hsr->seqnr_lock);
+	if (skb_put_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN))
 		return;
-	}
 
 	hsr_forward_skb(skb, port);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&hsr->seqnr_lock);
+
 	return;
 }
 
@@ -374,9 +366,7 @@ static void send_prp_supervision_frame(struct hsr_port *master,
 	set_hsr_stag_HSR_ver(hsr_stag, (hsr->prot_version ? 1 : 0));
 
 	/* From HSRv1 on we have separate supervision sequence numbers. */
-	spin_lock_bh(&hsr->seqnr_lock);
-	hsr_stag->sequence_nr = htons(hsr->sup_sequence_nr);
-	hsr->sup_sequence_nr++;
+	hsr_stag->sequence_nr = htons(atomic_inc_return(&hsr->sup_sequence_nr));
 	hsr_stag->tlv.HSR_TLV_type = PRP_TLV_LIFE_CHECK_DD;
 	hsr_stag->tlv.HSR_TLV_length = sizeof(struct hsr_sup_payload);
 
@@ -384,13 +374,10 @@ static void send_prp_supervision_frame(struct hsr_port *master,
 	hsr_sp = skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct hsr_sup_payload));
 	ether_addr_copy(hsr_sp->macaddress_A, master->dev->dev_addr);
 
-	if (skb_put_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN)) {
-		spin_unlock_bh(&hsr->seqnr_lock);
+	if (skb_put_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN))
 		return;
-	}
 
 	hsr_forward_skb(skb, master);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&hsr->seqnr_lock);
 }
 
 /* Announce (supervision frame) timer function
@@ -621,11 +608,9 @@ int hsr_dev_finalize(struct net_device *hsr_dev, struct net_device *slave[2],
 	if (res < 0)
 		return res;
 
-	spin_lock_init(&hsr->seqnr_lock);
 	/* Overflow soon to find bugs easier: */
-	hsr->sequence_nr = HSR_SEQNR_START;
-	hsr->sup_sequence_nr = HSR_SUP_SEQNR_START;
-	hsr->interlink_sequence_nr = HSR_SEQNR_START;
+	atomic_set(&hsr->sequence_nr, HSR_SEQNR_START);
+	atomic_set(&hsr->sup_sequence_nr, HSR_SUP_SEQNR_START);
 
 	timer_setup(&hsr->announce_timer, hsr_announce, 0);
 	timer_setup(&hsr->prune_timer, hsr_prune_nodes, 0);
diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c b/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c
index b38060246e62..6f63c8a775c4 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c
@@ -599,9 +599,7 @@ static void handle_std_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (port->type == HSR_PT_MASTER ||
 	    port->type == HSR_PT_INTERLINK) {
 		/* Sequence nr for the master/interlink node */
-		lockdep_assert_held(&hsr->seqnr_lock);
-		frame->sequence_nr = hsr->sequence_nr;
-		hsr->sequence_nr++;
+		frame->sequence_nr = atomic_inc_return(&hsr->sequence_nr);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_main.h b/net/hsr/hsr_main.h
index ab1f8d35d9dc..6f7bbf01f3e4 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_main.h
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_main.h
@@ -202,11 +202,9 @@ struct hsr_priv {
 	struct timer_list	prune_timer;
 	struct timer_list	prune_proxy_timer;
 	int announce_count;
-	u16 sequence_nr;
-	u16 interlink_sequence_nr; /* Interlink port seq_nr */
-	u16 sup_sequence_nr;	/* For HSRv1 separate seq_nr for supervision */
+	atomic_t sequence_nr;
+	atomic_t sup_sequence_nr;	/* For HSRv1 separate seq_nr for supervision */
 	enum hsr_version prot_version;	/* Indicate if HSRv0, HSRv1 or PRPv1 */
-	spinlock_t seqnr_lock;	/* locking for sequence_nr */
 	spinlock_t list_lock;	/* locking for node list */
 	struct hsr_proto_ops	*proto_ops;
 #define PRP_LAN_ID	0x5     /* 0x1010 for A and 0x1011 for B. Bit 0 is set
diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_netlink.c b/net/hsr/hsr_netlink.c
index f6ff0b61e08a..8aea4ff5f49e 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_netlink.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_netlink.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int hsr_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_device *dev)
 
 	if (nla_put(skb, IFLA_HSR_SUPERVISION_ADDR, ETH_ALEN,
 		    hsr->sup_multicast_addr) ||
-	    nla_put_u16(skb, IFLA_HSR_SEQ_NR, hsr->sequence_nr))
+	    nla_put_u16(skb, IFLA_HSR_SEQ_NR, atomic_read(&hsr->sequence_nr)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	if (hsr->prot_version == PRP_V1)
 		proto = HSR_PROTOCOL_PRP;