diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index adcaaad115f5e970c8dc4ba577651dd772be8780..e1846b97ee695e809cefb856835b59b45e4b34a1 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -4378,9 +4378,11 @@ static void addrconf_verify_rtnl(void)
 						spin_lock(&ifpub->lock);
 						ifpub->regen_count = 0;
 						spin_unlock(&ifpub->lock);
+						rcu_read_unlock_bh();
 						ipv6_create_tempaddr(ifpub, ifp, true);
 						in6_ifa_put(ifpub);
 						in6_ifa_put(ifp);
+						rcu_read_lock_bh();
 						goto restart;
 					}
 				} else if (time_before(ifp->tstamp + ifp->prefered_lft * HZ - regen_advance * HZ, next))