diff --git a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
index 678a7bbd84bf..5a5cca18ae0c 100644
--- a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
+++ b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ static int nr_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
 	nr->t1     =
 		msecs_to_jiffies(READ_ONCE(sysctl_netrom_transport_timeout));
 	nr->t2     =
-		msecs_to_jiffies(sysctl_netrom_transport_acknowledge_delay);
+		msecs_to_jiffies(READ_ONCE(sysctl_netrom_transport_acknowledge_delay));
 	nr->n2     =
 		msecs_to_jiffies(READ_ONCE(sysctl_netrom_transport_maximum_tries));
 	nr->t4     =