diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 7b73c7c161a9..596eaff66649 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -96,6 +96,44 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nl_table);
 
 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(nl_table_wait);
 
+static struct lock_class_key nlk_cb_mutex_keys[MAX_LINKS];
+
+static const char *const nlk_cb_mutex_key_strings[MAX_LINKS + 1] = {
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-ROUTE",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-1",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-USERSOCK",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-FIREWALL",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-SOCK_DIAG",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-NFLOG",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-XFRM",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-SELINUX",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-ISCSI",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-AUDIT",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-FIB_LOOKUP",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-CONNECTOR",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-NETFILTER",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-IP6_FW",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-DNRTMSG",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-KOBJECT_UEVENT",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-GENERIC",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-17",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-SCSITRANSPORT",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-ECRYPTFS",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-RDMA",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-CRYPTO",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-SMC",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-23",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-24",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-25",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-26",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-27",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-28",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-29",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-30",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-31",
+	"nlk_cb_mutex-MAX_LINKS"
+};
+
 static int netlink_dump(struct sock *sk);
 static void netlink_skb_destructor(struct sk_buff *skb);
 
@@ -585,6 +623,9 @@ static int __netlink_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock,
 	} else {
 		nlk->cb_mutex = &nlk->cb_def_mutex;
 		mutex_init(nlk->cb_mutex);
+		lockdep_set_class_and_name(nlk->cb_mutex,
+					   nlk_cb_mutex_keys + protocol,
+					   nlk_cb_mutex_key_strings[protocol]);
 	}
 	init_waitqueue_head(&nlk->wait);