diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index fcaed98..0727aaa 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -701,8 +701,7 @@
 	if (start) {
 		const struct sw_flow_actions *sf_acts;
 
-		sf_acts = rcu_dereference_check(flow->sf_acts,
-						lockdep_ovsl_is_held());
+		sf_acts = rcu_dereference_ovsl(flow->sf_acts);
 
 		err = ovs_nla_put_actions(sf_acts->actions,
 					  sf_acts->actions_len, skb);