diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 65886bfbf8223b..62ca2f2c0ee618 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -1499,10 +1499,17 @@ static ssize_t xps_rxqs_store(struct netdev_queue *queue, const char *buf,
 		return err;
 	}
 
+	if (!rtnl_trylock()) {
+		bitmap_free(mask);
+		return restart_syscall();
+	}
+
 	cpus_read_lock();
 	err = __netif_set_xps_queue(dev, mask, index, true);
 	cpus_read_unlock();
 
+	rtnl_unlock();
+
 	bitmap_free(mask);
 	return err ? : len;
 }