Index: usr.sbin/bhyve/pci_virtio_net.c
===================================================================
--- usr.sbin/bhyve/pci_virtio_net.c
+++ usr.sbin/bhyve/pci_virtio_net.c
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@
 	struct virtio_net_config vsc_config;
 
 	pthread_mutex_t	rx_mtx;
-	int		rx_in_progress;
 	int		rx_vhdrlen;
 	int		rx_merge;	/* merged rx bufs in use */
 
@@ -213,11 +212,6 @@
 {
 
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&sc->rx_mtx);
-	while (sc->rx_in_progress) {
-		pthread_mutex_unlock(&sc->rx_mtx);
-		usleep(10000);
-		pthread_mutex_lock(&sc->rx_mtx);
-	}
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&sc->rx_mtx);
 }
 
@@ -594,9 +588,7 @@
 	struct pci_vtnet_softc *sc = param;
 
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&sc->rx_mtx);
-	sc->rx_in_progress = 1;
 	sc->pci_vtnet_rx(sc);
-	sc->rx_in_progress = 0;
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&sc->rx_mtx);
 
 }
@@ -921,7 +913,6 @@
 
 	sc->rx_merge = 1;
 	sc->rx_vhdrlen = sizeof(struct virtio_net_rxhdr);
-	sc->rx_in_progress = 0;
 	pthread_mutex_init(&sc->rx_mtx, NULL); 
 
 	/*