1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index 6a1100c25a9..f581f77d109 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -227,18 +227,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet_ehash_secret);
 
 /*
  * inet_ehash_secret must be set exactly once
- * Instead of using a dedicated spinlock, we (ab)use inetsw_lock
  */
 void build_ehash_secret(void)
 {
         u32 rnd;
+
         do {
                 get_random_bytes(&rnd, sizeof(rnd));
         } while (rnd == 0);
-        spin_lock_bh(&inetsw_lock);
-        if (!inet_ehash_secret)
-                inet_ehash_secret = rnd;
-        spin_unlock_bh(&inetsw_lock);
+
+        cmpxchg(&inet_ehash_secret, 0, rnd);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(build_ehash_secret);