diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index e42340d3f820..8601b320b443 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -1762,11 +1762,12 @@ static int ovs_vport_cmd_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	int bucket = cb->args[0], skip = cb->args[1];
 	int i, j = 0;
 
-	dp = get_dp(sock_net(skb->sk), ovs_header->dp_ifindex);
-	if (!dp)
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	rcu_read_lock();
+	dp = get_dp(sock_net(skb->sk), ovs_header->dp_ifindex);
+	if (!dp) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
 	for (i = bucket; i < DP_VPORT_HASH_BUCKETS; i++) {
 		struct vport *vport;