diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
index b79c42c62557fea294e9156717024b5fd108159f..b6445d9e54533d224a89fbe98ad7fcfad52ac19d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
@@ -781,17 +781,20 @@ static int stm_source_link_add(struct stm_source_device *src,
 static void __stm_source_link_drop(struct stm_source_device *src,
 				   struct stm_device *stm)
 {
+	struct stm_device *link;
+
 	spin_lock(&src->link_lock);
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(src->link != stm)) {
+	link = srcu_dereference_check(src->link, &stm_source_srcu, 1);
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(link != stm)) {
 		spin_unlock(&src->link_lock);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	stm_output_free(src->link, &src->output);
+	stm_output_free(link, &src->output);
 	/* caller must hold stm::link_lock */
 	list_del_init(&src->link_entry);
 	/* matches stm_find_device() from stm_source_link_store() */
-	stm_put_device(src->link);
+	stm_put_device(link);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(src->link, NULL);
 
 	spin_unlock(&src->link_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/stm.h b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/stm.h
index cf33bf976abed90e46cdfecd6532e6fc078d53b2..95ece0292c991c8ad60f81c4a15fe4f3687d4504 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/stm.h
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/stm.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ struct stm_source_device {
 	struct device		dev;
 	struct stm_source_data	*data;
 	spinlock_t		link_lock;
-	struct stm_device	*link;
+	struct stm_device __rcu	*link;
 	struct list_head	link_entry;
 	/* one output per stm_source device */
 	struct stp_policy_node	*policy_node;