diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 6810d2076b1b..618bbe1405fc 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -3073,7 +3073,8 @@ int __init ip_rt_init(void)
 	xfrm_init();
 	xfrm4_init();
 #endif
-	rtnl_register(PF_INET, RTM_GETROUTE, inet_rtm_getroute, NULL, 0);
+	rtnl_register(PF_INET, RTM_GETROUTE, inet_rtm_getroute, NULL,
+		      RTNL_FLAG_DOIT_UNLOCKED);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 	register_pernet_subsys(&sysctl_route_ops);