diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c b/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c
index cb9b54a7abd2..90b0ed16552b 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c
@@ -545,11 +545,13 @@ void hsr_forward_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct hsr_port *port)
 {
 	struct hsr_frame_info frame;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (fill_frame_info(&frame, skb, port) < 0)
 		goto out_drop;
 
 	hsr_register_frame_in(frame.node_src, port, frame.sequence_nr);
 	hsr_forward_do(&frame);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	/* Gets called for ingress frames as well as egress from master port.
 	 * So check and increment stats for master port only here.
 	 */
@@ -564,6 +566,7 @@ void hsr_forward_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct hsr_port *port)
 	return;
 
 out_drop:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	port->dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 }