diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index 513cab08a986..1a9f3723c13c 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -1501,6 +1501,8 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static struct lock_class_key l2tp_socket_class;
+
 int l2tp_tunnel_create(struct net *net, int fd, int version, u32 tunnel_id, u32 peer_tunnel_id, struct l2tp_tunnel_cfg *cfg, struct l2tp_tunnel **tunnelp)
 {
 	struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel = NULL;
@@ -1605,6 +1607,8 @@ int l2tp_tunnel_create(struct net *net, int fd, int version, u32 tunnel_id, u32
 	tunnel->old_sk_destruct = sk->sk_destruct;
 	sk->sk_destruct = &l2tp_tunnel_destruct;
 	tunnel->sock = sk;
+	lockdep_set_class_and_name(&sk->sk_lock.slock, &l2tp_socket_class, "l2tp_sock");
+
 	sk->sk_allocation = GFP_ATOMIC;
 
 	/* Add tunnel to our list */