1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/xfrm.h b/include/net/xfrm.h
index 786371365f2b..61b7504fc2ba 100644
--- a/include/net/xfrm.h
+++ b/include/net/xfrm.h
@@ -1001,7 +1001,15 @@ static inline int xfrm_policy_id2dir(u32 index)
 
 static inline int xfrm_aevent_is_on(void)
 {
-        return netlink_has_listeners(xfrm_nl,XFRMNLGRP_AEVENTS);
+        struct sock *nlsk;
+        int ret = 0;
+
+        rcu_read_lock();
+        nlsk = rcu_dereference(xfrm_nl);
+        if (nlsk)
+                ret = netlink_has_listeners(nlsk, XFRMNLGRP_AEVENTS);
+        rcu_read_unlock();
+        return ret;
 }
 
 static inline void xfrm_aevent_doreplay(struct xfrm_state *x)