diff --git a/net/sctp/diag.c b/net/sctp/diag.c
index 2fcfb8cc8bd1..fd7a55b3049d 100644
--- a/net/sctp/diag.c
+++ b/net/sctp/diag.c
@@ -73,19 +73,23 @@ static int inet_diag_msg_sctpladdrs_fill(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct nlattr *attr;
 	void *info = NULL;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(laddr, address_list, list)
 		addrcnt++;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	attr = nla_reserve(skb, INET_DIAG_LOCALS, addrlen * addrcnt);
 	if (!attr)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
 	info = nla_data(attr);
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(laddr, address_list, list) {
 		memcpy(info, &laddr->a, sizeof(laddr->a));
 		memset(info + sizeof(laddr->a), 0, addrlen - sizeof(laddr->a));
 		info += addrlen;
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return 0;
 }