--- x/kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c
+++ y/kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c
@@ -402,10 +402,14 @@ bpf_ringbuf_restore_from_rec(struct bpf_
 	return (void*)((addr & PAGE_MASK) - off);
 }
 
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, bpf_ringbuf_lock_subclass);
+
 static void *__bpf_ringbuf_reserve(struct bpf_ringbuf *rb, u64 size)
 {
 	unsigned long cons_pos, prod_pos, new_prod_pos, flags;
 	u32 len, pg_off;
+	int dumy = 0;
+	int *sbc = &dumy;
 	struct bpf_ringbuf_hdr *hdr;
 
 	if (unlikely(size > RINGBUF_MAX_RECORD_SZ))
@@ -421,7 +425,10 @@ static void *__bpf_ringbuf_reserve(struc
 		if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&rb->spinlock, flags))
 			return NULL;
 	} else {
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&rb->spinlock, flags);
+		sbc = get_cpu_ptr(&bpf_ringbuf_lock_subclass);
+		*sbc += 1;
+		spin_lock_irqsave_nested(&rb->spinlock, flags, *sbc);
+		put_cpu_ptr(&bpf_ringbuf_lock_subclass);
 	}
 
 	prod_pos = rb->producer_pos;
@@ -431,6 +438,7 @@ static void *__bpf_ringbuf_reserve(struc
 	 * doesn't advance more than (ringbuf_size - 1) ahead
 	 */
 	if (new_prod_pos - cons_pos > rb->mask) {
+		*sbc -= 1;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rb->spinlock, flags);
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -443,6 +451,7 @@ static void *__bpf_ringbuf_reserve(struc
 	/* pairs with consumer's smp_load_acquire() */
 	smp_store_release(&rb->producer_pos, new_prod_pos);
 
+	*sbc -= 1;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rb->spinlock, flags);
 
 	return (void *)hdr + BPF_RINGBUF_HDR_SZ;