diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index ea63442209bf..20c3ca777529 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1558,8 +1558,7 @@ static int __ipv6_dev_get_saddr(struct net *net,
 {
 	struct ipv6_saddr_score *score = &scores[1 - hiscore_idx], *hiscore = &scores[hiscore_idx];
 
-	read_lock_bh(&idev->lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(score->ifa, &idev->addr_list, if_list) {
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(score->ifa, &idev->addr_list, if_list) {
 		int i;
 
 		/*
@@ -1625,7 +1624,6 @@ static int __ipv6_dev_get_saddr(struct net *net,
 		}
 	}
 out:
-	read_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
 	return hiscore_idx;
 }