diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f4fcf6757f08..b786c8b5b82b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 08e9897d512fe7a67e46209543b3815b57a36dc7
+refs/heads/master: 41bdecf17e6dba92256c65972ec79a482d978be5
diff --git a/trunk/net/decnet/dn_dev.c b/trunk/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
index b5ef237c8a74..5790d660bc7d 100644
--- a/trunk/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
+++ b/trunk/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
@@ -828,13 +828,17 @@ static int dn_dev_get_first(struct net_device *dev, __le16 *addr)
 	struct dn_dev *dn_db = (struct dn_dev *)dev->dn_ptr;
 	struct dn_ifaddr *ifa;
 	int rv = -ENODEV;
+
 	if (dn_db == NULL)
 		goto out;
+
+	rtnl_lock();
 	ifa = dn_db->ifa_list;
 	if (ifa != NULL) {
 		*addr = ifa->ifa_local;
 		rv = 0;
 	}
+	rtnl_unlock();
 out:
 	return rv;
 }