diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 59651af8cc27..ff36e88d19d9 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -2784,6 +2784,7 @@ static int netlink_dump(struct sock *sk)
 	struct netlink_callback *cb;
 	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
 	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+	struct module *module;
 	int len, err = -ENOBUFS;
 	int alloc_min_size;
 	int alloc_size;
@@ -2863,9 +2864,11 @@ static int netlink_dump(struct sock *sk)
 		cb->done(cb);
 
 	nlk->cb_running = false;
+	module = cb->module;
+	skb = cb->skb;
 	mutex_unlock(nlk->cb_mutex);
-	module_put(cb->module);
-	consume_skb(cb->skb);
+	module_put(module);
+	consume_skb(skb);
 	return 0;
 
 errout_skb: