diff --git a/security/device_cgroup.c b/security/device_cgroup.c
index 96d87eab1660..b08d20c66c2e 100644
--- a/security/device_cgroup.c
+++ b/security/device_cgroup.c
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ static void dev_exception_clean(struct dev_cgroup *dev_cgroup)
 	struct dev_exception_item *ex, *tmp;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(ex, tmp, &dev_cgroup->exceptions, list) {
-		list_del(&ex->list);
-		kfree(ex);
+		list_del_rcu(&ex->list);
+		kfree_rcu(ex, rcu);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static int may_access(struct dev_cgroup *dev_cgroup,
 	struct dev_exception_item *ex;
 	bool match = false;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(ex, &dev_cgroup->exceptions, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ex, &dev_cgroup->exceptions, list) {
 		if ((refex->type & DEV_BLOCK) && !(ex->type & DEV_BLOCK))
 			continue;
 		if ((refex->type & DEV_CHAR) && !(ex->type & DEV_CHAR))