diff --git a/net/sched/act_ct.c b/net/sched/act_ct.c
index 7d5e50c921a0..6158e13c98d3 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_ct.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_ct.c
@@ -328,9 +328,13 @@ static int tcf_ct_flow_table_get(struct net *net, struct tcf_ct_params *params)
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
 
 	mutex_lock(&zones_mutex);
-	ct_ft = rhashtable_lookup_fast(&zones_ht, &key, zones_params);
-	if (ct_ft && refcount_inc_not_zero(&ct_ft->ref))
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	ct_ft = rhashtable_lookup(&zones_ht, &key, zones_params);
+	if (ct_ft && refcount_inc_not_zero(&ct_ft->ref)) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	ct_ft = kzalloc_obj(*ct_ft);
 	if (!ct_ft)