diff --git a/net/llc/af_llc.c b/net/llc/af_llc.c
index a18e6c3d36e3..b9bef2c75026 100644
--- a/net/llc/af_llc.c
+++ b/net/llc/af_llc.c
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ static int llc_ui_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct llc_sock *llc = llc_sk(sk);
+	unsigned long cpu_flags;
 	size_t copied = 0;
 	u32 peek_seq = 0;
 	u32 *seq;
@@ -838,7 +839,9 @@ static int llc_ui_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 			goto copy_uaddr;
 
 		if (!(flags & MSG_PEEK)) {
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock, cpu_flags);
 			sk_eat_skb(sk, skb, 0);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock, cpu_flags);
 			*seq = 0;
 		}
 
@@ -859,7 +862,9 @@ copy_uaddr:
 		llc_cmsg_rcv(msg, skb);
 
 	if (!(flags & MSG_PEEK)) {
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock, cpu_flags);
 			sk_eat_skb(sk, skb, 0);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock, cpu_flags);
 			*seq = 0;
 	}