diff --git a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
index b9a28d2dd3e8..948860a2a576 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
@@ -347,7 +347,51 @@ out:
 	return;
 }
 
+/* batman-adv network devices have devices nesting below it and are a special
+ * "super class" of normal network devices; split their locks off into a
+ * separate class since they always nest.
+ */
+static struct lock_class_key batadv_netdev_xmit_lock_key;
+static struct lock_class_key batadv_netdev_addr_lock_key;
+
+/**
+ * batadv_set_lockdep_class_one - Set lockdep class for a single tx queue
+ * @dev: device which owns the tx queue
+ * @txq: tx queue to modify
+ * @_unused: always NULL
+ */
+static void batadv_set_lockdep_class_one(struct net_device *dev,
+					 struct netdev_queue *txq,
+					 void *_unused)
+{
+	lockdep_set_class(&txq->_xmit_lock, &batadv_netdev_xmit_lock_key);
+}
+
+/**
+ * batadv_set_lockdep_class - Set txq and addr_list lockdep class
+ * @dev: network device to modify
+ */
+static void batadv_set_lockdep_class(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	lockdep_set_class(&dev->addr_list_lock, &batadv_netdev_addr_lock_key);
+	netdev_for_each_tx_queue(dev, batadv_set_lockdep_class_one, NULL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * batadv_softif_init - Late stage initialization of soft interface
+ * @dev: registered network device to modify
+ *
+ * Returns error code on failures
+ */
+static int batadv_softif_init(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	batadv_set_lockdep_class(dev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static const struct net_device_ops batadv_netdev_ops = {
+	.ndo_init = batadv_softif_init,
 	.ndo_open = batadv_interface_open,
 	.ndo_stop = batadv_interface_release,
 	.ndo_get_stats = batadv_interface_stats,