diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 0da39eaed255..41d37442f186 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -1513,6 +1513,7 @@ struct ctrl_dump_policy_ctx {
 	struct netlink_policy_dump_state *state;
 	const struct genl_family *rt;
 	struct genl_op_iter *op_iter;
+	struct module *owner;
 	u32 op;
 	u16 fam_id;
 	u8 dump_map:1,
@@ -1555,6 +1556,9 @@ static int ctrl_dumppolicy_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
 	ctx->rt = rt;
+	ctx->owner = rt->module;
+	if (!try_module_get(ctx->owner))
+		return -ENOENT;
 
 	if (tb[CTRL_ATTR_OP]) {
 		struct genl_split_ops doit, dump;
@@ -1565,7 +1569,7 @@ static int ctrl_dumppolicy_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
 		err = genl_get_cmd_both(ctx->op, rt, &doit, &dump);
 		if (err) {
 			NL_SET_BAD_ATTR(cb->extack, tb[CTRL_ATTR_OP]);
-			return err;
+			goto err_put_owner;
 		}
 
 		if (doit.policy) {
@@ -1583,16 +1587,20 @@ static int ctrl_dumppolicy_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
 				goto err_free_state;
 		}
 
-		if (!ctx->state)
-			return -ENODATA;
+		if (!ctx->state) {
+			err = -ENODATA;
+			goto err_put_owner;
+		}
 
 		ctx->dump_map = 1;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	ctx->op_iter = kmalloc_obj(*ctx->op_iter);
-	if (!ctx->op_iter)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!ctx->op_iter) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_put_owner;
+	}
 
 	genl_op_iter_init(rt, ctx->op_iter);
 	ctx->dump_map = genl_op_iter_next(ctx->op_iter);
@@ -1624,6 +1632,8 @@ static int ctrl_dumppolicy_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	netlink_policy_dump_free(ctx->state);
 err_free_op_iter:
 	kfree(ctx->op_iter);
+err_put_owner:
+	module_put(ctx->owner);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -1760,6 +1770,7 @@ static int ctrl_dumppolicy_done(struct netlink_callback *cb)
 
 	kfree(ctx->op_iter);
 	netlink_policy_dump_free(ctx->state);
+	module_put(ctx->owner);
 	return 0;
 }