diff --git a/net/sched/cls_flower.c b/net/sched/cls_flower.c
index 23b21253b3c3306a28f49ef19df77d48f265dbf6..eb6345a027e1302ee4ee9407a87ddc7db9636e86 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_flower.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_flower.c
@@ -2188,18 +2188,24 @@ static void fl_walk(struct tcf_proto *tp, struct tcf_walker *arg,
 
 	arg->count = arg->skip;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	idr_for_each_entry_continue_ul(&head->handle_idr, f, tmp, id) {
 		/* don't return filters that are being deleted */
 		if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&f->refcnt))
 			continue;
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+
 		if (arg->fn(tp, f, arg) < 0) {
 			__fl_put(f);
 			arg->stop = 1;
+			rcu_read_lock();
 			break;
 		}
 		__fl_put(f);
 		arg->count++;
+		rcu_read_lock();
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	arg->cookie = id;
 }