diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index dd8d36feb69f..9ac591dd16d5 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5188,13 +5188,14 @@ void netif_napi_add(struct net_device *dev, struct napi_struct *napi,
 		pr_err_once("netif_napi_add() called with weight %d on device %s\n",
 			    weight, dev->name);
 	napi->weight = weight;
-	list_add(&napi->dev_list, &dev->napi_list);
 	napi->dev = dev;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL
 	spin_lock_init(&napi->poll_lock);
 	napi->poll_owner = -1;
 #endif
 	set_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &napi->state);
+	set_bit(NAPI_STATE_NPSVC, &napi->state);
+	list_add_rcu(&napi->dev_list, &dev->napi_list);
 	napi_hash_add(napi);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_napi_add);
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 5de180a9b7f5..9c1bad3909bd 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static void poll_napi(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct napi_struct *napi;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(napi, &dev->napi_list, dev_list) {
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(napi, &dev->napi_list, dev_list) {
 		if (napi->poll_owner != smp_processor_id() &&
 		    spin_trylock(&napi->poll_lock)) {
 			poll_one_napi(napi);