diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 9bb792cecc16..73a021973007 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ int netdev_name_node_alt_create(struct net_device *dev, const char *name)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	netdev_name_node_add(net, name_node);
 	/* The node that holds dev->name acts as a head of per-device list. */
-	list_add_tail(&name_node->list, &dev->name_node->list);
+	list_add_tail_rcu(&name_node->list, &dev->name_node->list);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index f6f29eb03ec2..9c4f427f3a50 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1020,14 +1020,17 @@ static size_t rtnl_xdp_size(void)
 static size_t rtnl_prop_list_size(const struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct netdev_name_node *name_node;
-	size_t size;
+	unsigned int cnt = 0;
 
-	if (list_empty(&dev->name_node->list))
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(name_node, &dev->name_node->list, list)
+		cnt++;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	if (!cnt)
 		return 0;
-	size = nla_total_size(0);
-	list_for_each_entry(name_node, &dev->name_node->list, list)
-		size += nla_total_size(ALTIFNAMSIZ);
-	return size;
+
+	return nla_total_size(0) + cnt * nla_total_size(ALTIFNAMSIZ);
 }
 
 static size_t rtnl_proto_down_size(const struct net_device *dev)