diff --git a/kernel/bpf/offload.c b/kernel/bpf/offload.c
index 8455b89d1bbf..032079754d88 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/offload.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/offload.c
@@ -20,13 +20,16 @@
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/printk.h>
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
+#include <linux/rwsem.h>
 
-/* protected by RTNL */
+/* Protects bpf_prog_offload_devs and offload members of all progs.
+ * RTNL lock cannot be taken when holding this lock.
+ */
+static DECLARE_RWSEM(bpf_devs_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(bpf_prog_offload_devs);
 
 int bpf_prog_offload_init(struct bpf_prog *prog, union bpf_attr *attr)
 {
-	struct net *net = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
 	struct bpf_dev_offload *offload;
 
 	if (attr->prog_type != BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS &&
@@ -43,19 +46,26 @@ int bpf_prog_offload_init(struct bpf_prog *prog, union bpf_attr *attr)
 	offload->prog = prog;
 	init_waitqueue_head(&offload->verifier_done);
 
-	rtnl_lock();
-	offload->netdev = __dev_get_by_index(net, attr->prog_ifindex);
-	if (!offload->netdev) {
-		rtnl_unlock();
-		kfree(offload);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	offload->netdev = dev_get_by_index(current->nsproxy->net_ns,
+					   attr->prog_ifindex);
+	if (!offload->netdev)
+		goto err_free;
 
+	down_write(&bpf_devs_lock);
+	if (offload->netdev->reg_state != NETREG_REGISTERED)
+		goto err_unlock;
 	prog->aux->offload = offload;
 	list_add_tail(&offload->offloads, &bpf_prog_offload_devs);
-	rtnl_unlock();
+	dev_put(offload->netdev);
+	up_write(&bpf_devs_lock);
 
 	return 0;
+err_unlock:
+	up_write(&bpf_devs_lock);
+	dev_put(offload->netdev);
+err_free:
+	kfree(offload);
+	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
 static int __bpf_offload_ndo(struct bpf_prog *prog, enum bpf_netdev_command cmd,
@@ -126,7 +136,9 @@ void bpf_prog_offload_destroy(struct bpf_prog *prog)
 	wake_up(&offload->verifier_done);
 
 	rtnl_lock();
+	down_write(&bpf_devs_lock);
 	__bpf_prog_offload_destroy(prog);
+	up_write(&bpf_devs_lock);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 
 	kfree(offload);
@@ -181,11 +193,13 @@ static int bpf_offload_notification(struct notifier_block *notifier,
 		if (netdev->reg_state != NETREG_UNREGISTERING)
 			break;
 
+		down_write(&bpf_devs_lock);
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(offload, tmp, &bpf_prog_offload_devs,
 					 offloads) {
 			if (offload->netdev == netdev)
 				__bpf_prog_offload_destroy(offload->prog);
 		}
+		up_write(&bpf_devs_lock);
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;