diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index ac9ee15..3d30943 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/fsnotify.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <asm/ioctls.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
@@ -402,12 +403,14 @@
 {
 	struct rpc_clnt *clnt = m->private;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	seq_printf(m, "RPC server: %s\n", clnt->cl_server);
 	seq_printf(m, "service: %s (%d) version %d\n", clnt->cl_protname,
 			clnt->cl_prog, clnt->cl_vers);
 	seq_printf(m, "address: %s\n", rpc_peeraddr2str(clnt, RPC_DISPLAY_ADDR));
 	seq_printf(m, "protocol: %s\n", rpc_peeraddr2str(clnt, RPC_DISPLAY_PROTO));
 	seq_printf(m, "port: %s\n", rpc_peeraddr2str(clnt, RPC_DISPLAY_PORT));
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return 0;
 }