diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index c5d164b8c6bf..946caefdd959 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static const char fmt_dec[] = "%d\n";
 static const char fmt_ulong[] = "%lu\n";
 static const char fmt_u64[] = "%llu\n";
 
-/* Caller holds RTNL, RCU or dev_base_lock */
+/* Caller holds RTNL or RCU */
 static inline int dev_isalive(const struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	return READ_ONCE(dev->reg_state) <= NETREG_REGISTERED;
@@ -685,14 +685,14 @@ static ssize_t netstat_show(const struct device *d,
 	WARN_ON(offset > sizeof(struct rtnl_link_stats64) ||
 		offset % sizeof(u64) != 0);
 
-	read_lock(&dev_base_lock);
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (dev_isalive(dev)) {
 		struct rtnl_link_stats64 temp;
 		const struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats = dev_get_stats(dev, &temp);
 
 		ret = sysfs_emit(buf, fmt_u64, *(u64 *)(((u8 *)stats) + offset));
 	}
-	read_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }