diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 4c7bb4b93e61427ccde26e5d20f49401a66d1b16..7f9673c0b6d47a2ad1c80101b5bd626ffff286f9 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -1438,10 +1438,17 @@ static ssize_t xps_rxqs_store(struct netdev_queue *queue, const char *buf,
 		return err;
 	}
 
+	if (!rtnl_trylock()) {
+		bitmap_free(mask);
+		return restart_syscall();
+	}
+
 	cpus_read_lock();
 	err = __netif_set_xps_queue(dev, mask, index, true);
 	cpus_read_unlock();
 
+	rtnl_unlock();
+
 	kfree(mask);
 	return err ? : len;
 }