diff --git a/net/bridge/br_device.c b/net/bridge/br_device.c
index 5e88d3e17546..2c8095a5d824 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_device.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_device.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 const struct nf_br_ops __rcu *nf_br_ops __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_br_ops);
 
+static struct lock_class_key bridge_netdev_addr_lock_key;
+
 /* net device transmit always called with BH disabled */
 netdev_tx_t br_dev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
@@ -87,6 +89,11 @@ netdev_tx_t br_dev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 
+static void br_set_lockdep_class(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	lockdep_set_class(&dev->addr_list_lock, &bridge_netdev_addr_lock_key);
+}
+
 static int br_dev_init(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct net_bridge *br = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -99,6 +106,7 @@ static int br_dev_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	err = br_vlan_init(br);
 	if (err)
 		free_percpu(br->stats);
+	br_set_lockdep_class(dev);
 
 	return err;
 }