1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_api.c b/net/sched/sch_api.c
index aa8329508dba..c79a226cc25c 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c
@@ -578,8 +578,10 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart qdisc_watchdog(struct hrtimer *timer)
         struct qdisc_watchdog *wd = container_of(timer, struct qdisc_watchdog,
                                                  timer);
 
+        rcu_read_lock();
         qdisc_unthrottled(wd->qdisc);
         __netif_schedule(qdisc_root(wd->qdisc));
+        rcu_read_unlock();
 
         return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
 }