diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 17a58e4baddc..094de43f74fb 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -11189,7 +11189,7 @@ static int nl80211_get_reg_do(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (!hdr)
 		goto put_failure;
 
-	rtnl_lock();
+	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY]) {
 		bool self_managed;
@@ -11204,44 +11204,37 @@ static int nl80211_get_reg_do(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		self_managed = wiphy->regulatory_flags &
 			       REGULATORY_WIPHY_SELF_MANAGED;
 
-		rcu_read_lock();
-
 		regdom = get_wiphy_regdom(wiphy);
 
 		/* a self-managed-reg device must have a private regdom */
 		if (WARN_ON(!regdom && self_managed)) {
 			err = -EINVAL;
-			goto nla_put_failure_rcu;
+			goto nla_put_failure;
 		}
 
 		if (regdom &&
 		    nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY, get_wiphy_idx(wiphy)))
-			goto nla_put_failure_rcu;
-	} else {
-		rcu_read_lock();
+			goto nla_put_failure;
 	}
 
 	if (!wiphy && reg_last_request_cell_base() &&
 	    nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_USER_REG_HINT_TYPE,
 			NL80211_USER_REG_HINT_CELL_BASE))
-		goto nla_put_failure_rcu;
+		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	if (!regdom)
 		regdom = rcu_dereference(cfg80211_regdomain);
 
 	if (nl80211_put_regdom(regdom, msg))
-		goto nla_put_failure_rcu;
+		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
-	rtnl_unlock();
 	return genlmsg_reply(msg, info);
 
-nla_put_failure_rcu:
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 nla_put_failure:
-	rtnl_unlock();
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 put_failure:
 	nlmsg_free(msg);
 	return err;