diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index aa39381ca46d704c12b22ea5bb9041e466daa033..9620d4fba0d1ab0b95056df19e353ff941886140 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -3225,7 +3225,7 @@ int ieee80211_channel_switch(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(dev);
 	struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
-	struct ieee80211_chanctx_conf *chanctx_conf;
+	struct ieee80211_chanctx_conf *conf;
 	struct ieee80211_chanctx *chanctx;
 	int err, num_chanctx, changed = 0;
 
@@ -3241,23 +3241,24 @@ int ieee80211_channel_switch(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 				       &sdata->vif.bss_conf.chandef))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	chanctx_conf = rcu_dereference(sdata->vif.chanctx_conf);
-	if (!chanctx_conf) {
-		rcu_read_unlock();
+	mutex_lock(&local->chanctx_mtx);
+	conf = rcu_dereference_protected(sdata->vif.chanctx_conf,
+					 lockdep_is_held(&local->chanctx_mtx));
+	if (!conf) {
+		mutex_unlock(&local->chanctx_mtx);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
 	/* don't handle for multi-VIF cases */
-	chanctx = container_of(chanctx_conf, struct ieee80211_chanctx, conf);
+	chanctx = container_of(conf, struct ieee80211_chanctx, conf);
 	if (chanctx->refcount > 1) {
-		rcu_read_unlock();
+		mutex_unlock(&local->chanctx_mtx);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 	num_chanctx = 0;
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(chanctx, &local->chanctx_list, list)
 		num_chanctx++;
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	mutex_unlock(&local->chanctx_mtx);
 
 	if (num_chanctx > 1)
 		return -EBUSY;