diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index ce9a9e7db116..24637c782002 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -6021,7 +6021,7 @@ void show_state_filter(unsigned long state_filter)
 	printk(KERN_INFO
 		"  task                        PC stack   pid father\n");
 #endif
-	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	do_each_thread(g, p) {
 		/*
 		 * reset the NMI-timeout, listing all files on a slow
@@ -6037,7 +6037,7 @@ void show_state_filter(unsigned long state_filter)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
 	sysrq_sched_debug_show();
 #endif
-	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	/*
 	 * Only show locks if all tasks are dumped:
 	 */