diff --git a/net/ieee802154/dgram.c b/net/ieee802154/dgram.c
index 77ae6852b93d11b3e1c9e5ad4f143d1188d281c9..51593a48f2ddae396a97395239ca7f7c1aad5859 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/dgram.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/dgram.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static int dgram_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 }
 
 static int dgram_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
-		    char __user *optval, int __user optlen)
+		    char __user *optval, int optlen)
 {
 	struct dgram_sock *ro = dgram_sk(sk);
 	int val;
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/netlink.c b/net/ieee802154/netlink.c
index 2106ecbf0308eb3101291d6f6f8f807567952413..ca767bde17a455a2f426e57dc1e2dc1db471c4a4 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/netlink.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/netlink.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <net/ieee802154_netdev.h>
 
 static unsigned int ieee802154_seq_num;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ieee802154_seq_lock);
 
 static struct genl_family ieee802154_coordinator_family = {
 	.id		= GENL_ID_GENERATE,
@@ -57,12 +58,15 @@ static struct sk_buff *ieee802154_nl_create(int flags, u8 req)
 {
 	void *hdr;
 	struct sk_buff *msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	unsigned long f;
 
 	if (!msg)
 		return NULL;
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ieee802154_seq_lock, f);
 	hdr = genlmsg_put(msg, 0, ieee802154_seq_num++,
 			&ieee802154_coordinator_family, flags, req);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ieee802154_seq_lock, f);
 	if (!hdr) {
 		nlmsg_free(msg);
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/raw.c b/net/ieee802154/raw.c
index 4681501aae930928a76ecaaf02dbdc6cd68d892c..13198859982e64baf80b97463af6e0b70bc75a50 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/raw.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/raw.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static int raw_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 }
 
 static int raw_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
-		    char __user *optval, int __user optlen)
+		    char __user *optval, int optlen)
 {
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }