diff --git a/include/linux/rhashtable.h b/include/linux/rhashtable.h
index d7be9cb0e91f3..5976ab59b88ff 100644
--- a/include/linux/rhashtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/rhashtable.h
@@ -585,8 +585,8 @@ static inline int __rhashtable_insert_fast(
 	if (unlikely(rht_grow_above_100(ht, tbl))) {
 slow_path:
 		spin_unlock_bh(lock);
-		rcu_read_unlock();
 		err = rhashtable_insert_rehash(ht);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		if (err)
 			return err;