diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c b/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
index 0c0f6f65accb46..3664f3c1572e26 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
@@ -310,14 +310,17 @@ int mptcp_pm_nl_remove_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
 
+	spin_lock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
 	match = mptcp_userspace_pm_lookup_addr_by_id(msk, id_val);
 	if (!match) {
 		GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "address with specified id not found");
+		spin_unlock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
 		release_sock(sk);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	list_move(&match->list, &free_list);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
 
 	mptcp_pm_remove_addrs(msk, &free_list);