diff --git a/net/sctp/ipv6.c b/net/sctp/ipv6.c
index 63fe1093b616..0b9c49b3a100 100644
--- a/net/sctp/ipv6.c
+++ b/net/sctp/ipv6.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static void sctp_v6_copy_addrlist(struct list_head *addrlist,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	read_lock(&in6_dev->lock);
+	read_lock_bh(&in6_dev->lock);
 	for (ifp = in6_dev->addr_list; ifp; ifp = ifp->if_next) {
 		/* Add the address to the local list.  */
 		addr = t_new(struct sctp_sockaddr_entry, GFP_ATOMIC);
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static void sctp_v6_copy_addrlist(struct list_head *addrlist,
 		}
 	}
 
-	read_unlock(&in6_dev->lock);
+	read_unlock_bh(&in6_dev->lock);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }