diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 777c4c0..3f5d198 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ void __init rtnetlink_init(void)
 		panic("rtnetlink_init: cannot allocate rta_buf\n");
 
 	rtnl = netlink_kernel_create(NETLINK_ROUTE, RTNLGRP_MAX, rtnetlink_rcv,
-				     NULL, THIS_MODULE);
+				     &rtnl_mutex, THIS_MODULE);
 	if (rtnl == NULL)
 		panic("rtnetlink_init: cannot initialize rtnetlink\n");
 	netlink_set_nonroot(NETLINK_ROUTE, NL_NONROOT_RECV);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 043857b..c4b82e3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1183,17 +1183,13 @@ static int inet_dump_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	int s_ip_idx, s_idx = cb->args[0];
 
 	s_ip_idx = ip_idx = cb->args[1];
-	read_lock(&dev_base_lock);
 	for (dev = dev_base, idx = 0; dev; dev = dev->next, idx++) {
 		if (idx < s_idx)
 			continue;
 		if (idx > s_idx)
 			s_ip_idx = 0;
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		if ((in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(dev)) == NULL) {
-			rcu_read_unlock();
+		if ((in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(dev)) == NULL)
 			continue;
-		}
 
 		for (ifa = in_dev->ifa_list, ip_idx = 0; ifa;
 		     ifa = ifa->ifa_next, ip_idx++) {
@@ -1201,16 +1197,12 @@ static int inet_dump_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 				continue;
 			if (inet_fill_ifaddr(skb, ifa, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).pid,
 					     cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
-					     RTM_NEWADDR, NLM_F_MULTI) <= 0) {
-				rcu_read_unlock();
+					     RTM_NEWADDR, NLM_F_MULTI) <= 0)
 				goto done;
-			}
 		}
-		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 
 done:
-	read_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
 	cb->args[0] = idx;
 	cb->args[1] = ip_idx;