diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtmultipath.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtmultipath.c
index 1693f81aae37..e5c67506334e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtmultipath.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtmultipath.c
@@ -288,8 +288,9 @@ struct rpc_xprt *xprt_iter_current_entry(struct rpc_xprt_iter *xpi)
 	return xprt_switch_find_current_entry(head, xpi->xpi_cursor);
 }
 
-bool rpc_xprt_switch_has_addr(struct rpc_xprt_switch *xps,
-			      const struct sockaddr *sap)
+static
+bool __rpc_xprt_switch_has_addr(struct rpc_xprt_switch *xps,
+				const struct sockaddr *sap)
 {
 	struct list_head *head;
 	struct rpc_xprt *pos;
@@ -308,6 +309,18 @@ bool rpc_xprt_switch_has_addr(struct rpc_xprt_switch *xps,
 	return false;
 }
 
+bool rpc_xprt_switch_has_addr(struct rpc_xprt_switch *xps,
+			      const struct sockaddr *sap)
+{
+	bool res;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	res = __rpc_xprt_switch_has_addr(xps, sap);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return res;
+}
+
 static
 struct rpc_xprt *xprt_switch_find_next_entry(struct list_head *head,
 		const struct rpc_xprt *cur)