diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 1cf3ad840697..19b84eaa2643 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -8113,7 +8113,8 @@ struct net_device *netdev_upper_get_next_dev_rcu(struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct netdev_adjacent *upper;
 
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held() && !lockdep_rtnl_is_held());
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held() && !rcu_read_lock_bh_held() &&
+		     !lockdep_rtnl_is_held());
 
 	upper = list_entry_rcu((*iter)->next, struct netdev_adjacent, list);