diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index a7f06d706aa0..6cfdc7c84c48 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -855,9 +855,10 @@ static int __init net_ns_init(void)
 
 	register_pernet_subsys(&net_ns_ops);
 
-	rtnl_register(PF_UNSPEC, RTM_NEWNSID, rtnl_net_newid, NULL, 0);
+	rtnl_register(PF_UNSPEC, RTM_NEWNSID, rtnl_net_newid, NULL,
+		      RTNL_FLAG_DOIT_UNLOCKED);
 	rtnl_register(PF_UNSPEC, RTM_GETNSID, rtnl_net_getid, rtnl_net_dumpid,
-		      0);
+		      RTNL_FLAG_DOIT_UNLOCKED);
 
 	return 0;
 }