1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_dev.c b/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
index b5ef237c8a7..5790d660bc7 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
@@ -828,13 +828,17 @@ static int dn_dev_get_first(struct net_device *dev, __le16 *addr)
         struct dn_dev *dn_db = (struct dn_dev *)dev->dn_ptr;
         struct dn_ifaddr *ifa;
         int rv = -ENODEV;
+
         if (dn_db == NULL)
                 goto out;
+
+        rtnl_lock();
         ifa = dn_db->ifa_list;
         if (ifa != NULL) {
                 *addr = ifa->ifa_local;
                 rv = 0;
         }
+        rtnl_unlock();
 out:
         return rv;
 }