diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
index 1f9ebe3cbb4ac042edd0b05754d1fc03cdfe73cd..dc2db4f7b182c4ebc1a8a51487a3d2e893955df9 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
@@ -540,12 +540,13 @@ int ipv6_flowlabel_opt(struct sock *sk, char __user *optval, int optlen)
 		}
 		spin_lock_bh(&ip6_sk_fl_lock);
 		for (sflp = &np->ipv6_fl_list;
-		     (sfl = rcu_dereference(*sflp)) != NULL;
+		     (sfl = rcu_dereference_protected(*sflp,
+						      lockdep_is_held(&ip6_sk_fl_lock))) != NULL;
 		     sflp = &sfl->next) {
 			if (sfl->fl->label == freq.flr_label) {
 				if (freq.flr_label == (np->flow_label&IPV6_FLOWLABEL_MASK))
 					np->flow_label &= ~IPV6_FLOWLABEL_MASK;
-				*sflp = rcu_dereference(sfl->next);
+				*sflp = sfl->next;
 				spin_unlock_bh(&ip6_sk_fl_lock);
 				fl_release(sfl->fl);
 				kfree_rcu(sfl, rcu);