diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
index 2f780cba6e1240b06e4fc64eb20c949ab3646558..f45d6db50a454727367d2fc2450fd6f0b1dfb923 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static void __net_exit ip6_fl_purge(struct net *net)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	spin_lock(&ip6_fl_lock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&ip6_fl_lock);
 	for (i = 0; i <= FL_HASH_MASK; i++) {
 		struct ip6_flowlabel *fl;
 		struct ip6_flowlabel __rcu **flp;
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static void __net_exit ip6_fl_purge(struct net *net)
 			flp = &fl->next;
 		}
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&ip6_fl_lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&ip6_fl_lock);
 }
 
 static struct ip6_flowlabel *fl_intern(struct net *net,