diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 79181819a24f..6bc85f7c31e3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -494,8 +494,7 @@ static void addrconf_forward_change(struct net *net, __s32 newf)
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct inet6_dev *idev;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	for_each_netdev_rcu(net, dev) {
+	for_each_netdev(net, dev) {
 		idev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
 		if (idev) {
 			int changed = (!idev->cnf.forwarding) ^ (!newf);
@@ -504,7 +503,6 @@ static void addrconf_forward_change(struct net *net, __s32 newf)
 				dev_forward_change(idev);
 		}
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static int addrconf_fixup_forwarding(struct ctl_table *table, int *p, int newf)