diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 49e8c6d42cda..eacc1e32d547 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -1682,6 +1682,7 @@ static int neigh_reduce(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 vni)
 	struct neighbour *n;
 	struct nd_msg *msg;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	in6_dev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
 	if (!in6_dev)
 		goto out;
@@ -1733,6 +1734,7 @@ static int neigh_reduce(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 vni)
 	}
 
 out:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	consume_skb(skb);
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }