diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 94fff0700bdd..ad4b3bd66e00 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -1396,7 +1396,13 @@ static ssize_t xps_cpus_store(struct netdev_queue *queue,
 		return err;
 	}
 
+	if (!rtnl_trylock()) {
+		free_cpumask_var(mask);
+		return restart_syscall();
+	}
+
 	err = netif_set_xps_queue(dev, mask, index);
+	rtnl_unlock();
 
 	free_cpumask_var(mask);