diff --git a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_main.c b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_main.c
index e0a0a742c4b2..3c962fc6332a 100644
--- a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_main.c
+++ b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_main.c
@@ -5655,7 +5655,9 @@ void dp_peer_unref_delete(void *peer_handle)
 
 		/* cleanup the peer data */
 		dp_peer_cleanup(vdev, peer);
+		qdf_spin_unlock_bh(&soc->peer_ref_mutex);
 		dp_reset_and_release_peer_mem(soc, pdev, peer, vdev);
+		qdf_spin_lock_bh(&soc->peer_ref_mutex);
 
 		/* check whether the parent vdev has no peers left */
 		if (TAILQ_EMPTY(&vdev->peer_list)) {