diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index d4dba06297c3..9148d1aa96f9 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -3713,15 +3713,15 @@ static int packet_dev_mc(struct net_device *dev, struct packet_mclist *i,
 }
 
 static void packet_dev_mclist_delete(struct net_device *dev,
-				     struct packet_mclist **mlp)
+				     struct packet_mclist **mlp,
+				     struct list_head *list)
 {
 	struct packet_mclist *ml;
 
 	while ((ml = *mlp) != NULL) {
 		if (ml->ifindex == dev->ifindex) {
-			packet_dev_mc(dev, ml, -1);
+			list_add(&ml->list, list);
 			*mlp = ml->next;
-			kfree(ml);
 		} else
 			mlp = &ml->next;
 	}
@@ -4233,9 +4233,11 @@ static int packet_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 static int packet_notifier(struct notifier_block *this,
 			   unsigned long msg, void *ptr)
 {
-	struct sock *sk;
 	struct net_device *dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
 	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
+	struct packet_mclist *ml, *tmp;
+	LIST_HEAD(mclist);
+	struct sock *sk;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	sk_for_each_rcu(sk, &net->packet.sklist) {
@@ -4244,7 +4246,7 @@ static int packet_notifier(struct notifier_block *this,
 		switch (msg) {
 		case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
 			if (po->mclist)
-				packet_dev_mclist_delete(dev, &po->mclist);
+				packet_dev_mclist_delete(dev, &po->mclist, &mclist);
 			fallthrough;
 
 		case NETDEV_DOWN:
@@ -4277,6 +4279,13 @@ static int packet_notifier(struct notifier_block *this,
 		}
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	/* packet_dev_mc might grab instance locks so can't run under rcu */
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(ml, tmp, &mclist, list) {
+		packet_dev_mc(dev, ml, -1);
+		kfree(ml);
+	}
+
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/packet/internal.h b/net/packet/internal.h
index d5d70712007a..c7dd55a610db 100644
--- a/net/packet/internal.h
+++ b/net/packet/internal.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ struct packet_mclist {
 	unsigned short		type;
 	unsigned short		alen;
 	unsigned char		addr[MAX_ADDR_LEN];
+	struct list_head	list;
 };
 
 /* kbdq - kernel block descriptor queue */