diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 79f54ae71422..0ac02cab3087 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -562,6 +562,8 @@ static int devlink_nl_port_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
 	if (nla_put_u32(msg, DEVLINK_ATTR_PORT_INDEX, devlink_port->index))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
+	/* Hold rtnl lock while accessing port's netdev attributes. */
+	rtnl_lock();
 	spin_lock_bh(&devlink_port->type_lock);
 	if (nla_put_u16(msg, DEVLINK_ATTR_PORT_TYPE, devlink_port->type))
 		goto nla_put_failure_type_locked;
@@ -588,6 +590,7 @@ static int devlink_nl_port_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
 			goto nla_put_failure_type_locked;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_bh(&devlink_port->type_lock);
+	rtnl_unlock();
 	if (devlink_nl_port_attrs_put(msg, devlink_port))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
@@ -596,6 +599,7 @@ static int devlink_nl_port_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
 
 nla_put_failure_type_locked:
 	spin_unlock_bh(&devlink_port->type_lock);
+	rtnl_unlock();
 nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
 	return -EMSGSIZE;