diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index be5e65c97652..c59e97cf9d25 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -5632,6 +5632,7 @@ int rt6_dump_route(struct fib6_info *rt, void *p_arg, unsigned int skip)
 							   .count = 0 };
 		int err;
 
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		if (rt->nh) {
 			err = nexthop_for_each_fib6_nh(rt->nh,
 						       rt6_nh_dump_exceptions,
@@ -5639,6 +5640,7 @@ int rt6_dump_route(struct fib6_info *rt, void *p_arg, unsigned int skip)
 		} else {
 			err = rt6_nh_dump_exceptions(rt->fib6_nh, &w);
 		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 
 		if (err)
 			return count += w.count;