diff --git a/drivers/net/team/team_core.c b/drivers/net/team/team_core.c
index ab1935a4aa2c..43d7c73b25aa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/team/team_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/team/team_core.c
@@ -1972,7 +1972,8 @@ static int team_add_slave(struct net_device *dev, struct net_device *port_dev,
        struct team *team = netdev_priv(dev);
        int err;
 
-       mutex_lock(&team->lock);
+       if (!mutex_trylock(&team->lock))
+               return -EBUSY;
        err = team_port_add(team, port_dev, extack);
        mutex_unlock(&team->lock);
 
@@ -1987,7 +1988,8 @@ static int team_del_slave(struct net_device *dev, struct net_device *port_dev)
        struct team *team = netdev_priv(dev);
        int err;
 
-       mutex_lock(&team->lock);
+       if (!mutex_trylock(&team->lock))
+               return -EBUSY;
        err = team_port_del(team, port_dev);
        mutex_unlock(&team->lock);