diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 5864cbc30db6..49cc6587dd77 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -5168,9 +5168,9 @@ static int in6_dump_addrs(struct inet6_dev *idev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		fillargs->event = RTM_GETMULTICAST;
 
 		/* multicast address */
-		for (ifmca = rcu_dereference(idev->mc_list);
+		for (ifmca = rtnl_dereference(idev->mc_list);
 		     ifmca;
-		     ifmca = rcu_dereference(ifmca->next), ip_idx++) {
+		     ifmca = rtnl_dereference(ifmca->next), ip_idx++) {
 			if (ip_idx < s_ip_idx)
 				continue;
 			err = inet6_fill_ifmcaddr(skb, ifmca, fillargs);