diff --git a/net/switchdev/switchdev.c b/net/switchdev/switchdev.c
index ebc661d..47f7da5 100644
--- a/net/switchdev/switchdev.c
+++ b/net/switchdev/switchdev.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <net/ip_fib.h>
 #include <net/switchdev.h>
 
@@ -567,7 +568,6 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(switchdev_port_obj_dump);
 
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(switchdev_mutex);
 static RAW_NOTIFIER_HEAD(switchdev_notif_chain);
 
 /**
@@ -582,9 +582,9 @@
 {
 	int err;
 
-	mutex_lock(&switchdev_mutex);
+	rtnl_lock();
 	err = raw_notifier_chain_register(&switchdev_notif_chain, nb);
-	mutex_unlock(&switchdev_mutex);
+	rtnl_unlock();
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_switchdev_notifier);
@@ -600,9 +600,9 @@
 {
 	int err;
 
-	mutex_lock(&switchdev_mutex);
+	rtnl_lock();
 	err = raw_notifier_chain_unregister(&switchdev_notif_chain, nb);
-	mutex_unlock(&switchdev_mutex);
+	rtnl_unlock();
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_switchdev_notifier);
@@ -616,16 +616,17 @@
  *	Call all network notifier blocks. This should be called by driver
  *	when it needs to propagate hardware event.
  *	Return values are same as for atomic_notifier_call_chain().
+ *	rtnl_lock must be held.
  */
 int call_switchdev_notifiers(unsigned long val, struct net_device *dev,
 			     struct switchdev_notifier_info *info)
 {
 	int err;
 
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
+
 	info->dev = dev;
-	mutex_lock(&switchdev_mutex);
 	err = raw_notifier_call_chain(&switchdev_notif_chain, val, info);
-	mutex_unlock(&switchdev_mutex);
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_switchdev_notifiers);