diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index e6d7255183eb..f9e556b56086 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ static size_t ovs_dp_cmd_msg_size(void)
 	return msgsize;
 }
 
-/* Called with ovs_mutex or RCU read lock. */
+/* Called with ovs_mutex. */
 static int ovs_dp_cmd_fill_info(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				u32 portid, u32 seq, u32 flags, u8 cmd)
 {
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ static int ovs_dp_cmd_get(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (!reply)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
+	ovs_lock();
 	dp = lookup_datapath(sock_net(skb->sk), info->userhdr, info->attrs);
 	if (IS_ERR(dp)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(dp);
@@ -1564,12 +1564,12 @@ static int ovs_dp_cmd_get(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	err = ovs_dp_cmd_fill_info(dp, reply, info->snd_portid,
 				   info->snd_seq, 0, OVS_DP_CMD_NEW);
 	BUG_ON(err < 0);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	ovs_unlock();
 
 	return genlmsg_reply(reply, info);
 
 err_unlock_free:
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	ovs_unlock();
 	kfree_skb(reply);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1581,8 +1581,8 @@ static int ovs_dp_cmd_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	int skip = cb->args[0];
 	int i = 0;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	list_for_each_entry_rcu(dp, &ovs_net->dps, list_node) {
+	ovs_lock();
+	list_for_each_entry(dp, &ovs_net->dps, list_node) {
 		if (i >= skip &&
 		    ovs_dp_cmd_fill_info(dp, skb, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid,
 					 cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, NLM_F_MULTI,
@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ static int ovs_dp_cmd_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 			break;
 		i++;
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	ovs_unlock();
 
 	cb->args[0] = i;