diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index 8c12bf1b2a0d..2e985101963e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -3377,8 +3377,10 @@ int drbd_adm_dump_devices(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 		if (resource_filter) {
 			retcode = ERR_RES_NOT_KNOWN;
 			resource = drbd_find_resource(nla_data(resource_filter));
-			if (!resource)
+			if (!resource) {
+				rcu_read_lock();
 				goto put_result;
+			}
 			cb->args[0] = (long)resource;
 		}
 	}
@@ -3627,8 +3629,10 @@ int drbd_adm_dump_peer_devices(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 		if (resource_filter) {
 			retcode = ERR_RES_NOT_KNOWN;
 			resource = drbd_find_resource(nla_data(resource_filter));
-			if (!resource)
+			if (!resource) {
+				rcu_read_lock();
 				goto put_result;
+			}
 		}
 		cb->args[0] = (long)resource;
 	}