diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index daca50d6bb12..e527f5686e2b 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -453,11 +453,13 @@ void netlink_table_ungrab(void)
 static inline void
 netlink_lock_table(void)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
+
 	/* read_lock() synchronizes us to netlink_table_grab */
 
-	read_lock(&nl_table_lock);
+	read_lock_irqsave(&nl_table_lock, flags);
 	atomic_inc(&nl_table_users);
-	read_unlock(&nl_table_lock);
+	read_unlock_irqrestore(&nl_table_lock, flags);
 }
 
 static inline void