diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 07cd2dbab0e8..a3db8f859c7a 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -8240,7 +8240,8 @@ void perf_event_exec(void)
 
 	perf_event_enable_on_exec(ctx);
 	perf_event_remove_on_exec(ctx);
-	perf_iterate_ctx(ctx, perf_event_addr_filters_exec, NULL, true);
+	scoped_guard(rcu)
+		perf_iterate_ctx(ctx, perf_event_addr_filters_exec, NULL, true);
 
 	perf_unpin_context(ctx);
 	put_ctx(ctx);