diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index 6266a92cf302..980dbeb5a57d 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -3337,7 +3337,11 @@ static int xfrm_send_migrate_state(struct net *net,
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	return xfrm_nlmsg_multicast(net, skb, 0, XFRMNLGRP_MIGRATE);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	err = xfrm_nlmsg_multicast(net, skb, 0, XFRMNLGRP_MIGRATE);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int xfrm_do_migrate_state(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,