diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index e8027b794e8c..27b0b6567d52 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -4750,7 +4750,8 @@ static int vxlan_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_device *dev)
 	struct ifla_vxlan_port_range ports;
 	const struct vxlan_config *cfg;
 
-	cfg = rtnl_dereference(vxlan->cfg);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	cfg = rcu_dereference(vxlan->cfg);
 
 	if (nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_VXLAN_ID, be32_to_cpu(cfg->vni)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
@@ -4849,9 +4850,11 @@ static int vxlan_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_device *dev)
 		    &cfg->reserved_bits))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return -EMSGSIZE;
 }