diff --git a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
index e18a73264c10..097f4f3b4929 100644
--- a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
+++ b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static int nr_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
 	nr_init_timers(sk);
 
 	nr->t1     =
-		msecs_to_jiffies(sysctl_netrom_transport_timeout);
+		msecs_to_jiffies(READ_ONCE(sysctl_netrom_transport_timeout));
 	nr->t2     =
 		msecs_to_jiffies(sysctl_netrom_transport_acknowledge_delay);
 	nr->n2     =