diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index cfa6a099457ae0..b3a869ccc8ed6f 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -11358,8 +11358,10 @@ void devl_region_destroy(struct devlink_region *region)
 	devl_assert_locked(devlink);
 
 	/* Free all snapshots of region */
+	mutex_lock(&region->snapshot_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(snapshot, ts, &region->snapshot_list, list)
 		devlink_region_snapshot_del(region, snapshot);
+	mutex_unlock(&region->snapshot_lock);
 
 	list_del(&region->list);
 	mutex_destroy(&region->snapshot_lock);