diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c
index a21d02ac715e..bb3d409b9f1c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ static void ovpn_peer_release_p2p(struct ovpn_priv *ovpn, struct sock *sk,
 	}
 
 	if (sk) {
-		ovpn_sock = rcu_access_pointer(peer->sock);
+		ovpn_sock = rcu_dereference_bh(peer->sock);
 		if (!ovpn_sock || ovpn_sock->sk != sk) {
 			spin_unlock_bh(&ovpn->lock);
 			return;