diff --git a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
index 097f4f3b4929..d05d56cb9c66 100644
--- a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
+++ b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static int nr_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
 	nr->t2     =
 		msecs_to_jiffies(sysctl_netrom_transport_acknowledge_delay);
 	nr->n2     =
-		msecs_to_jiffies(sysctl_netrom_transport_maximum_tries);
+		msecs_to_jiffies(READ_ONCE(sysctl_netrom_transport_maximum_tries));
 	nr->t4     =
 		msecs_to_jiffies(sysctl_netrom_transport_busy_delay);
 	nr->idle   =