diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index fc40cb31b3c..50437d06bfb 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1695,6 +1695,7 @@ static int netlink_dump(struct sock *sk)
 	struct netlink_callback *cb;
 	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
 	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+	struct module *module;
 	int len, err = -ENOBUFS;
 	int alloc_size;
 
@@ -1740,9 +1741,10 @@ static int netlink_dump(struct sock *sk)
 	if (cb->done)
 		cb->done(cb);
 	nlk->cb = NULL;
+	module = cb->module;
 	mutex_unlock(nlk->cb_mutex);
 
-	module_put(cb->module);
+	module_put(module);
 	netlink_destroy_callback(cb);
 	return 0;