diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 57d7d4965f9aa0fc13a1cd10c06501d90c67e844..3597b4f14389b2dbb4fef37552367266fad5d016 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -604,9 +604,12 @@ static inline __u32 skb_queue_len(const struct sk_buff_head *list_)
 	return list_->qlen;
 }
 
+extern struct lock_class_key skb_queue_lock_key;
+
 static inline void skb_queue_head_init(struct sk_buff_head *list)
 {
 	spin_lock_init(&list->lock);
+	lockdep_set_class(&list->lock, &skb_queue_lock_key);
 	list->prev = list->next = (struct sk_buff *)list;
 	list->qlen = 0;
 }
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 7cfbdb215ba2711cca6c5f8f92c3f0be640989d2..44f6a181a7545f1a4bc13dff16ca209924a66b8b 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@
 static kmem_cache_t *skbuff_head_cache __read_mostly;
 static kmem_cache_t *skbuff_fclone_cache __read_mostly;
 
+/*
+ * lockdep: lock class key used by skb_queue_head_init():
+ */
+struct lock_class_key skb_queue_lock_key;
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_queue_lock_key);
+
 /*
  *	Keep out-of-line to prevent kernel bloat.
  *	__builtin_return_address is not used because it is not always