diff --git a/net/sched/sch_api.c b/net/sched/sch_api.c
index e8f988e1c7e649e8c1675dcac236ccd7b34dde04..334a563e0bc14488fa03daade880ec2215b833db 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ void qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(struct Qdisc *sch, int n, int len)
 		notify = !sch->q.qlen && !WARN_ON_ONCE(!n &&
 						       !qdisc_is_offloaded);
 		/* TODO: perform the search on a per txq basis */
-		sch = qdisc_lookup(qdisc_dev(sch), TC_H_MAJ(parentid));
+		sch = qdisc_lookup_rcu(qdisc_dev(sch), TC_H_MAJ(parentid));
 		if (sch == NULL) {
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(parentid != TC_H_ROOT);
 			break;