diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 5db02546941c..e0517ecc6531 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ struct sk_filter;
   *	@sk_tskey: counter to disambiguate concurrent tstamp requests
   *	@sk_zckey: counter to order MSG_ZEROCOPY notifications
   *	@sk_socket: Identd and reporting IO signals
-  *	@sk_user_data: RPC layer private data
+  *	@sk_user_data: RPC layer private data. Write-protected by @sk_callback_lock.
   *	@sk_frag: cached page frag
   *	@sk_peek_off: current peek_offset value
   *	@sk_send_head: front of stuff to transmit
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index 7499c51b1850..754fdda8a5f5 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -1150,8 +1150,10 @@ static void l2tp_tunnel_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 	}
 
 	/* Remove hooks into tunnel socket */
+	write_lock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
 	sk->sk_destruct = tunnel->old_sk_destruct;
 	sk->sk_user_data = NULL;
+	write_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
 
 	/* Call the original destructor */
 	if (sk->sk_destruct)
@@ -1469,16 +1471,18 @@ int l2tp_tunnel_register(struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel, struct net *net,
 		sock = sockfd_lookup(tunnel->fd, &ret);
 		if (!sock)
 			goto err;
-
-		ret = l2tp_validate_socket(sock->sk, net, tunnel->encap);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			goto err_sock;
 	}
 
+	sk = sock->sk;
+	write_lock(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
+
+	ret = l2tp_validate_socket(sk, net, tunnel->encap);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto err_sock;
+
 	tunnel->l2tp_net = net;
 	pn = l2tp_pernet(net);
 
-	sk = sock->sk;
 	sock_hold(sk);
 	tunnel->sock = sk;
 
@@ -1504,7 +1508,7 @@ int l2tp_tunnel_register(struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel, struct net *net,
 
 		setup_udp_tunnel_sock(net, sock, &udp_cfg);
 	} else {
-		sk->sk_user_data = tunnel;
+		rcu_assign_sk_user_data(sk, tunnel);
 	}
 
 	tunnel->old_sk_destruct = sk->sk_destruct;
@@ -1518,6 +1522,7 @@ int l2tp_tunnel_register(struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel, struct net *net,
 	if (tunnel->fd >= 0)
 		sockfd_put(sock);
 
+	write_unlock(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
 	return 0;
 
 err_sock:
@@ -1525,6 +1530,8 @@ err_sock:
 		sock_release(sock);
 	else
 		sockfd_put(sock);
+
+	write_unlock(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
 err:
 	return ret;
 }