diff --git a/security/device_cgroup.c b/security/device_cgroup.c
index 43ab0ad45c1b6..04375df52fc9a 100644
--- a/security/device_cgroup.c
+++ b/security/device_cgroup.c
@@ -354,7 +354,8 @@ static bool match_exception_partial(struct list_head *exceptions, short type,
 {
 	struct dev_exception_item *ex;
 
-	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ex, exceptions, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ex, exceptions, list,
+				lockdep_is_held(&devcgroup_mutex)) {
 		if ((type & DEVCG_DEV_BLOCK) && !(ex->type & DEVCG_DEV_BLOCK))
 			continue;
 		if ((type & DEVCG_DEV_CHAR) && !(ex->type & DEVCG_DEV_CHAR))