if (tb[IFLA_VF_MAC]) {
                struct ifla_vf_mac *ivm;
                ivm = nla_data(tb[IFLA_VF_MAC]);
-               write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
+               err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
                if (ops->ndo_set_vf_mac)
                        err = ops->ndo_set_vf_mac(dev, ivm->vf, ivm->mac);
-               write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
                if (err < 0)
                        goto errout;
                modified = 1;
        if (tb[IFLA_VF_VLAN]) {
                struct ifla_vf_vlan *ivv;
                ivv = nla_data(tb[IFLA_VF_VLAN]);
-               write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
+               err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
                if (ops->ndo_set_vf_vlan)
                        err = ops->ndo_set_vf_vlan(dev, ivv->vf,
-                                                  (u16)ivv->vlan,
-                                                  (u8)ivv->qos);
-               write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
+                                                  ivv->vlan,
+                                                  ivv->qos);
                if (err < 0)
                        goto errout;
                modified = 1;
        if (tb[IFLA_VF_TX_RATE]) {
                struct ifla_vf_tx_rate *ivt;
                ivt = nla_data(tb[IFLA_VF_TX_RATE]);
-               write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
+               err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
                if (ops->ndo_set_vf_tx_rate)
                        err = ops->ndo_set_vf_tx_rate(dev, ivt->vf, ivt->rate);
-               write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
                if (err < 0)
                        goto errout;
                modified = 1;