diff --git a/net/wireless/wext.c b/net/wireless/wext.c
index cb6a5bb85d802ca90cdf111451fe6b109ac08f26..dc5b47e84a3d76ce69254e4c88269ebc78d66785 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext.c
@@ -649,14 +649,28 @@ static int wireless_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void *wireless_dev_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
+	__acquires(dev_base_lock)
+{
+	rtnl_lock();
+	return dev_seq_start(seq, pos);
+}
+
+static void wireless_dev_seq_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
+	__releases(dev_base_lock)
+{
+	dev_seq_stop(seq, v);
+	rtnl_unlock();
+}
+
 static const struct seq_operations wireless_seq_ops = {
-	.start = dev_seq_start,
+	.start = wireless_dev_seq_start,
 	.next  = dev_seq_next,
-	.stop  = dev_seq_stop,
+	.stop  = wireless_dev_seq_stop,
 	.show  = wireless_seq_show,
 };
 
-static int wireless_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+static int seq_open_wireless(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	return seq_open_net(inode, file, &wireless_seq_ops,
 			    sizeof(struct seq_net_private));
@@ -664,7 +678,7 @@ static int wireless_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 static const struct file_operations wireless_seq_fops = {
 	.owner	 = THIS_MODULE,
-	.open    = wireless_seq_open,
+	.open    = seq_open_wireless,
 	.read    = seq_read,
 	.llseek  = seq_lseek,
 	.release = seq_release_net,