diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index 939d8a31eb82..26d70c00b054 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@ static int net_eq_idr(int id, void *net, void *peer)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Should be called with nsid_lock held. If a new id is assigned, the bool alloc
- * is set to true, thus the caller knows that the new id must be notified via
- * rtnl.
+/* Must be called from RCU-critical section or with nsid_lock held. If
+ * a new id is assigned, the bool alloc is set to true, thus the
+ * caller knows that the new id must be notified via rtnl.
  */
 static int __peernet2id_alloc(struct net *net, struct net *peer, bool *alloc)
 {
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static int __peernet2id_alloc(struct net *net, struct net *peer, bool *alloc)
 	return NETNSA_NSID_NOT_ASSIGNED;
 }
 
-/* should be called with nsid_lock held */
+/* Must be called from RCU-critical section or with nsid_lock held */
 static int __peernet2id(struct net *net, struct net *peer)
 {
 	bool no = false;
@@ -261,9 +261,10 @@ int peernet2id(struct net *net, struct net *peer)
 {
 	int id;
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&net->nsid_lock);
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	id = __peernet2id(net, peer);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&net->nsid_lock);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
 	return id;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(peernet2id);
@@ -837,6 +838,7 @@ struct rtnl_net_dump_cb {
 	int s_idx;
 };
 
+/* Runs in RCU-critical section. */
 static int rtnl_net_dumpid_one(int id, void *peer, void *data)
 {
 	struct rtnl_net_dump_cb *net_cb = (struct rtnl_net_dump_cb *)data;
@@ -867,9 +869,9 @@ static int rtnl_net_dumpid(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 		.s_idx = cb->args[0],
 	};
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&net->nsid_lock);
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	idr_for_each(&net->netns_ids, rtnl_net_dumpid_one, &net_cb);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&net->nsid_lock);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	cb->args[0] = net_cb.idx;
 	return skb->len;