diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_framereg.c b/net/hsr/hsr_framereg.c
index 6705420b3111..d7206581145d 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_framereg.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_framereg.c
@@ -468,13 +468,9 @@ int hsr_get_node_data(struct hsr_priv *hsr,
 	struct hsr_port *port;
 	unsigned long tdiff;
 
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	node = find_node_by_AddrA(&hsr->node_db, addr);
-	if (!node) {
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-		return -ENOENT;	/* No such entry */
-	}
+	if (!node)
+		return -ENOENT;
 
 	ether_addr_copy(addr_b, node->MacAddressB);
 
@@ -509,7 +505,5 @@ int hsr_get_node_data(struct hsr_priv *hsr,
 		*addr_b_ifindex = -1;
 	}
 
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_netlink.c b/net/hsr/hsr_netlink.c
index b9cce0fd5696..f7f96b2050a5 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_netlink.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_netlink.c
@@ -259,17 +259,16 @@ static int hsr_get_node_status(struct sk_buff *skb_in, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (!na)
 		goto invalid;
 
-	hsr_dev = __dev_get_by_index(genl_info_net(info),
-					nla_get_u32(info->attrs[HSR_A_IFINDEX]));
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	hsr_dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(genl_info_net(info),
+				       nla_get_u32(info->attrs[HSR_A_IFINDEX]));
 	if (!hsr_dev)
-		goto invalid;
+		goto rcu_unlock;
 	if (!is_hsr_master(hsr_dev))
-		goto invalid;
-
+		goto rcu_unlock;
 
 	/* Send reply */
-
-	skb_out = genlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	skb_out = genlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb_out) {
 		res = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail;
@@ -321,12 +320,10 @@ static int hsr_get_node_status(struct sk_buff *skb_in, struct genl_info *info)
 	res = nla_put_u16(skb_out, HSR_A_IF1_SEQ, hsr_node_if1_seq);
 	if (res < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	port = hsr_port_get_hsr(hsr, HSR_PT_SLAVE_A);
 	if (port)
 		res = nla_put_u32(skb_out, HSR_A_IF1_IFINDEX,
 				  port->dev->ifindex);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 	if (res < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
@@ -336,20 +333,22 @@ static int hsr_get_node_status(struct sk_buff *skb_in, struct genl_info *info)
 	res = nla_put_u16(skb_out, HSR_A_IF2_SEQ, hsr_node_if2_seq);
 	if (res < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	port = hsr_port_get_hsr(hsr, HSR_PT_SLAVE_B);
 	if (port)
 		res = nla_put_u32(skb_out, HSR_A_IF2_IFINDEX,
 				  port->dev->ifindex);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 	if (res < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
 	genlmsg_end(skb_out, msg_head);
 	genlmsg_unicast(genl_info_net(info), skb_out, info->snd_portid);
 
 	return 0;
 
+rcu_unlock:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 invalid:
 	netlink_ack(skb_in, nlmsg_hdr(skb_in), -EINVAL, NULL);
 	return 0;
@@ -359,6 +358,7 @@ static int hsr_get_node_status(struct sk_buff *skb_in, struct genl_info *info)
 	/* Fall through */
 
 fail:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return res;
 }
 
@@ -385,17 +385,16 @@ static int hsr_get_node_list(struct sk_buff *skb_in, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (!na)
 		goto invalid;
 
-	hsr_dev = __dev_get_by_index(genl_info_net(info),
-				     nla_get_u32(info->attrs[HSR_A_IFINDEX]));
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	hsr_dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(genl_info_net(info),
+				       nla_get_u32(info->attrs[HSR_A_IFINDEX]));
 	if (!hsr_dev)
-		goto invalid;
+		goto rcu_unlock;
 	if (!is_hsr_master(hsr_dev))
-		goto invalid;
-
+		goto rcu_unlock;
 
 	/* Send reply */
-
-	skb_out = genlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	skb_out = genlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb_out) {
 		res = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail;
@@ -415,14 +414,11 @@ static int hsr_get_node_list(struct sk_buff *skb_in, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	hsr = netdev_priv(hsr_dev);
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	pos = hsr_get_next_node(hsr, NULL, addr);
 	while (pos) {
 		res = nla_put(skb_out, HSR_A_NODE_ADDR, ETH_ALEN, addr);
-		if (res < 0) {
-			rcu_read_unlock();
+		if (res < 0)
 			goto nla_put_failure;
-		}
 		pos = hsr_get_next_node(hsr, pos, addr);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -432,6 +428,8 @@ static int hsr_get_node_list(struct sk_buff *skb_in, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	return 0;
 
+rcu_unlock:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 invalid:
 	netlink_ack(skb_in, nlmsg_hdr(skb_in), -EINVAL, NULL);
 	return 0;
@@ -441,6 +439,7 @@ static int hsr_get_node_list(struct sk_buff *skb_in, struct genl_info *info)
 	/* Fall through */
 
 fail:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return res;
 }