diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 2b508966146b..1ae654391442 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2517,6 +2517,7 @@ int netif_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		struct rps_dev_flow voidflow, *rflow = &voidflow;
 		int cpu;
 
+		preempt_disable();
 		rcu_read_lock();
 
 		cpu = get_rps_cpu(skb->dev, skb, &rflow);
@@ -2526,6 +2527,7 @@ int netif_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		ret = enqueue_to_backlog(skb, cpu, &rflow->last_qtail);
 
 		rcu_read_unlock();
+		preempt_enable();
 	}
 #else
 	{