diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index b624fe4d9bd7ce408ab93d324ad7cc8413d8f4b8..30a4078b3fa27011079c7ae31d0ab828593849f1 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *newname)
 	}
 
 	write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
-	hlist_del(&dev->name_hlist);
+	hlist_del_rcu(&dev->name_hlist);
 	write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
 
 	synchronize_rcu();