diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 813bfab132961bba5035cce3cdf0800b0cf2d631..19df49a6ad15820ab17d95e4d80afdcecb85a829 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -2583,6 +2583,7 @@ static void *__netlink_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq)
 }
 
 static void *netlink_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *posp)
+	__acquires(RCU)
 {
 	struct nl_seq_iter *iter = seq->private;
 	void *obj = SEQ_START_TOKEN;