diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index 51fa90365348..97d0b5875cd5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ static void netvsc_get_stats64(struct net_device *net,
 			       struct rtnl_link_stats64 *t)
 {
 	struct net_device_context *ndev_ctx = netdev_priv(net);
-	struct netvsc_device *nvdev = rcu_dereference(ndev_ctx->nvdev);
+	struct netvsc_device *nvdev = rcu_dereference_rtnl(ndev_ctx->nvdev);
 	int i;
 
 	if (!nvdev)