diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
index 8d16f0204985ad3997c00dd9ba479b890d213393..65e8c8766441b718e886e3aa07095ce01fbb8061 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ static void brcmf_del_if(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, s32 bsscfgidx,
 		 * serious troublesome side effects. The p2p module will clean
 		 * up the ifp if needed.
 		 */
-		brcmf_p2p_ifp_removed(ifp);
+		brcmf_p2p_ifp_removed(ifp, rtnl_locked);
 		kfree(ifp);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c
index 66f942f7448eabb2297fe34a56d4b2eb22c8c8cd..de19c7c92bc6c095b3b111abfc280fe228e588ac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c
@@ -2297,7 +2297,7 @@ int brcmf_p2p_del_vif(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev)
 	return err;
 }
 
-void brcmf_p2p_ifp_removed(struct brcmf_if *ifp)
+void brcmf_p2p_ifp_removed(struct brcmf_if *ifp, bool rtnl_locked)
 {
 	struct brcmf_cfg80211_info *cfg;
 	struct brcmf_cfg80211_vif *vif;
@@ -2306,9 +2306,11 @@ void brcmf_p2p_ifp_removed(struct brcmf_if *ifp)
 	vif = ifp->vif;
 	cfg = wdev_to_cfg(&vif->wdev);
 	cfg->p2p.bss_idx[P2PAPI_BSSCFG_DEVICE].vif = NULL;
-	rtnl_lock();
+	if (!rtnl_locked)
+		rtnl_lock();
 	cfg80211_unregister_wdev(&vif->wdev);
-	rtnl_unlock();
+	if (!rtnl_locked)
+		rtnl_unlock();
 	brcmf_free_vif(vif);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.h b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.h
index a3bd18c2360b5f4a5da48ce0bca549b0eeced334..8ce9447533ef8fa519caab0f985949487346464d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.h
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ struct wireless_dev *brcmf_p2p_add_vif(struct wiphy *wiphy, const char *name,
 int brcmf_p2p_del_vif(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev);
 int brcmf_p2p_ifchange(struct brcmf_cfg80211_info *cfg,
 		       enum brcmf_fil_p2p_if_types if_type);
-void brcmf_p2p_ifp_removed(struct brcmf_if *ifp);
+void brcmf_p2p_ifp_removed(struct brcmf_if *ifp, bool rtnl_locked);
 int brcmf_p2p_start_device(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev);
 void brcmf_p2p_stop_device(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev);
 int brcmf_p2p_scan_prep(struct wiphy *wiphy,