diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 6d493a0ccf39..ed123cf462af 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1589,6 +1589,7 @@ static int do_one_set_err(struct sock *sk, struct netlink_set_err_data *p)
 int netlink_set_err(struct sock *ssk, u32 portid, u32 group, int code)
 {
 	struct netlink_set_err_data info;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	struct sock *sk;
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -1598,12 +1599,12 @@ int netlink_set_err(struct sock *ssk, u32 portid, u32 group, int code)
 	/* sk->sk_err wants a positive error value */
 	info.code = -code;
 
-	read_lock(&nl_table_lock);
+	read_lock_irqsave(&nl_table_lock, flags);
 
 	sk_for_each_bound(sk, &nl_table[ssk->sk_protocol].mc_list)
 		ret += do_one_set_err(sk, &info);
 
-	read_unlock(&nl_table_lock);
+	read_unlock_irqrestore(&nl_table_lock, flags);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netlink_set_err);
diff --git a/net/netlink/diag.c b/net/netlink/diag.c
index c6255eac305c..4143b2ea4195 100644
--- a/net/netlink/diag.c
+++ b/net/netlink/diag.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ static int __netlink_diag_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb,
 	struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
 	struct netlink_diag_req *req;
 	struct netlink_sock *nlsk;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	struct sock *sk;
 	int num = 2;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ static int __netlink_diag_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb,
 	num++;
 
 mc_list:
-	read_lock(&nl_table_lock);
+	read_lock_irqsave(&nl_table_lock, flags);
 	sk_for_each_bound(sk, &tbl->mc_list) {
 		if (sk_hashed(sk))
 			continue;
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ static int __netlink_diag_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb,
 		}
 		num++;
 	}
-	read_unlock(&nl_table_lock);
+	read_unlock_irqrestore(&nl_table_lock, flags);
 
 done:
 	cb->args[0] = num;