diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index cc58315a40a7..c7f7ea61b524 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -3513,10 +3513,12 @@ static const struct seq_operations neigh_stat_seq_ops = {
 static void __neigh_notify(struct neighbour *n, int type, int flags,
 			   u32 pid)
 {
-	struct net *net = dev_net(n->dev);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int err = -ENOBUFS;
+	struct net *net;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	net = dev_net_rcu(n->dev);
 	skb = nlmsg_new(neigh_nlmsg_size(), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (skb == NULL)
 		goto errout;
@@ -3529,9 +3531,11 @@ static void __neigh_notify(struct neighbour *n, int type, int flags,
 		goto errout;
 	}
 	rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_NEIGH, NULL, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	return;
+	goto out;
 errout:
 	rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_NEIGH, err);
+out:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 void neigh_app_ns(struct neighbour *n)