diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index 157fc23ce4e1..1455f67e01dd 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ static void l2tp_session_unhash(struct l2tp_session *session)
 		spin_lock_bh(&pn->l2tp_session_idr_lock);
 
 		/* Remove from the per-tunnel list */
-		list_del_init(&session->list);
+		list_del_rcu(&session->list);
 
 		/* Remove from per-net IDR */
 		if (tunnel->version == L2TP_HDR_VER_3) {