diff --git a/include/net/sch_generic.h b/include/net/sch_generic.h
index c44da48de7df..c9cd5086bd54 100644
--- a/include/net/sch_generic.h
+++ b/include/net/sch_generic.h
@@ -421,6 +421,11 @@ static inline struct Qdisc *qdisc_root(const struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 	return q;
 }
 
+static inline struct Qdisc *qdisc_root_bh(const struct Qdisc *qdisc)
+{
+	return rcu_dereference_bh(qdisc->dev_queue->qdisc);
+}
+
 static inline struct Qdisc *qdisc_root_sleeping(const struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 {
 	return qdisc->dev_queue->qdisc_sleeping;
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_netem.c b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
index 86350fe5cfc8..15f8f24c190d 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_netem.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ static int netem_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
 	 * skb will be queued.
 	 */
 	if (count > 1 && (skb2 = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC)) != NULL) {
-		struct Qdisc *rootq = qdisc_root(sch);
+		struct Qdisc *rootq = qdisc_root_bh(sch);
 		u32 dupsave = q->duplicate; /* prevent duplicating a dup... */
 
 		q->duplicate = 0;