diff --git a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c
index e358e77e4b38..d76214fa9ad8 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c
@@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ static int set_device_name(struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data,
 
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&trigger_data->work);
 
+	/*
+	 * Take RTNL lock before trigger_data lock to prevent potential
+	 * deadlock with netdev notifier registration.
+	 */
+	rtnl_lock();
 	mutex_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
 
 	if (trigger_data->net_dev) {
@@ -245,16 +250,14 @@ static int set_device_name(struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data,
 	trigger_data->carrier_link_up = false;
 	trigger_data->link_speed = SPEED_UNKNOWN;
 	trigger_data->duplex = DUPLEX_UNKNOWN;
-	if (trigger_data->net_dev != NULL) {
-		rtnl_lock();
+	if (trigger_data->net_dev)
 		get_device_state(trigger_data);
-		rtnl_unlock();
-	}
 
 	trigger_data->last_activity = 0;
 
 	set_baseline_state(trigger_data);
 	mutex_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
+	rtnl_unlock();
 
 	return 0;
 }