diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index d2df308290832308aa99adb925575869b4de440c..032d6d0a5ce64ad3db1fe89bdb6454bcf2aad7ef 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -1648,10 +1648,13 @@ static int devlink_nl_cmd_get_dumpit(struct sk_buff *msg,
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		devl_lock(devlink);
 		err = devlink_nl_fill(msg, devlink, DEVLINK_CMD_NEW,
 				      NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid,
 				      cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, NLM_F_MULTI);
+		devl_unlock(devlink);
 		devlink_put(devlink);
+
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 		idx++;