diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/base/i40e_nvm.c b/drivers/net/i40e/base/i40e_nvm.c
index e896502432..90521fa41e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/base/i40e_nvm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/base/i40e_nvm.c
@@ -899,6 +899,11 @@ enum i40e_status_code i40e_nvmupd_command(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 		hw->nvmupd_state = I40E_NVMUPD_STATE_INIT;
 	}
 
+	/* Acquire lock to prevent race condition where adminq_task
+	 * can execute after i40e_nvmupd_nvm_read/write but before state
+	 * variables (nvm_wait_opcode, nvm_release_on_done) are updated
+	 */
+	i40e_acquire_spinlock(&hw->aq.arq_spinlock);
 	switch (hw->nvmupd_state) {
 	case I40E_NVMUPD_STATE_INIT:
 		status = i40e_nvmupd_state_init(hw, cmd, bytes, perrno);
@@ -934,6 +939,7 @@ enum i40e_status_code i40e_nvmupd_command(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 		*perrno = -ESRCH;
 		break;
 	}
+	i40e_release_spinlock(&hw->aq.arq_spinlock);
 	return status;
 }