diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index fbc1c7472c5e4cafffb5f1455895907c45ade25e..099c753c4213ae814b51bf4e149eeb4f79836224 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -410,7 +410,8 @@ static ssize_t wireless_show(struct device *d, char *buf,
 	const struct iw_statistics *iw;
 	ssize_t ret = -EINVAL;
 
-	rtnl_lock();
+	if (!rtnl_trylock())
+		return restart_syscall();
 	if (dev_isalive(dev)) {
 		iw = get_wireless_stats(dev);
 		if (iw)