RHEL6 system experiencing soft lockup with nx_nic driver

Issue

• system experience soft lockup with HP provided nx_nic driver:

    PID: 58045  TASK: ffff8805bd3f4040  CPU: 12  COMMAND: "ssh"
     #0 [ffff8804474030f8] panic at ffffffff814fd0b4
     #1 [ffff880447403178] watchdog_timer_fn at ffffffff810daf6d
     #2 [ffff8804474031a8] __run_hrtimer at ffffffff8109684e
     #3 [ffff8804474031f8] hrtimer_interrupt at ffffffff81096bf6
     #4 [ffff880447403278] smp_apic_timer_interrupt at ffffffff81505bdb
     #5 [ffff880447403298] apic_timer_interrupt at ffffffff8100bc13
     #6 [ffff8804474032f8] _spin_lock at ffffffff81500121
     #7 [ffff880447403328] unm_nic_xmit_frame at ffffffffa033068f [nx_nic]
     #8 [ffff8804474033d8] dev_hard_start_xmit at ffffffff8143b0cc
     #9 [ffff880447403438] sch_direct_xmit at ffffffff81458c1a