diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
index 9562e393fdf7e178b0c48bff25ace88495c2224f..49a64174f3f1777bc015ee01d7692afceb5dc0da 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
@@ -154,8 +154,7 @@ int nf_logger_find_get(int pf, enum nf_log_type type)
 	struct nf_logger *logger;
 	int ret = -ENOENT;
 
-	logger = loggers[pf][type];
-	if (logger == NULL)
+	if (rcu_access_pointer(loggers[pf][type]) == NULL)
 		request_module("nf-logger-%u-%u", pf, type);
 
 	rcu_read_lock();