diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 3f152075528228cce54e189c32e3bbcda34de1f2..d827cfadddf0295713759b753dec3c5a67b44e0a 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -2922,10 +2922,12 @@ static inline size_t neigh_nlmsg_size(void)
 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;
@@ -2938,10 +2940,11 @@ 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:
-	if (err < 0)
-		rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_NEIGH, err);
+	rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_NEIGH, err);
+out:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 void neigh_app_ns(struct neighbour *n)