diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 5c8a40e1a01ebb143516baaac6eecec55d996d26..475246b355f090a082d23076596b7fc74f7b9fe7 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -2756,7 +2756,8 @@ static const struct genl_ops devlink_nl_ops[] = {
 		.doit = devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_set_doit,
 		.policy = devlink_nl_policy,
 		.flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
-		.internal_flags = DEVLINK_NL_FLAG_NEED_DEVLINK,
+		.internal_flags = DEVLINK_NL_FLAG_NEED_DEVLINK |
+				  DEVLINK_NL_FLAG_NO_LOCK,
 	},
 	{
 		.cmd = DEVLINK_CMD_DPIPE_TABLE_GET,