if (!resp || !resp_len)
                return 1;
 
-       old = rtnl_dereference(sdata->u.ap.probe_resp);
+       old = sdata_dereference(sdata->u.ap.probe_resp, sdata);
 
        new = kzalloc(sizeof(struct probe_resp) + resp_len, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!new)
        int size, err;
        u32 changed = BSS_CHANGED_BEACON;
 
-       old = rtnl_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon);
+       old = sdata_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon, sdata);
+
 
        /* Need to have a beacon head if we don't have one yet */
        if (!params->head && !old)
                      BSS_CHANGED_P2P_PS;
        int err;
 
-       old = rtnl_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon);
+       old = sdata_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon, sdata);
        if (old)
                return -EALREADY;
 
 
        err = drv_start_ap(sdata->local, sdata);
        if (err) {
-               old = rtnl_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon);
+               old = sdata_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon, sdata);
+
                if (old)
                        kfree_rcu(old, rcu_head);
                RCU_INIT_POINTER(sdata->u.ap.beacon, NULL);
        if (sdata->vif.csa_active)
                return -EBUSY;
 
-       old = rtnl_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon);
+       old = sdata_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon, sdata);
        if (!old)
                return -ENOENT;
 
        struct probe_resp *old_probe_resp;
        struct cfg80211_chan_def chandef;
 
-       old_beacon = rtnl_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon);
+       old_beacon = sdata_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon, sdata);
        if (!old_beacon)
                return -ENOENT;
-       old_probe_resp = rtnl_dereference(sdata->u.ap.probe_resp);
+       old_probe_resp = sdata_dereference(sdata->u.ap.probe_resp, sdata);
 
        /* abort any running channel switch */
        sdata->vif.csa_active = false;
        enum ieee80211_band band;
        u32 changed = 0;
 
-       if (!rtnl_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon))
+       if (!sdata_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon, sdata))
                return -ENOENT;
 
        band = ieee80211_get_sdata_band(sdata);
        struct ieee80211_if_mesh __maybe_unused *ifmsh;
        int err, num_chanctx;
 
+       lockdep_assert_held(&sdata->wdev.mtx);
+
        if (!list_empty(&local->roc_list) || local->scanning)
                return -EBUSY;