* to no more than one per minute.
         */
        neigh = rt ? rt->n : NULL;
-       if (!neigh || (neigh->nud_state & NUD_VALID))
+       if (!neigh)
+               return;
+       write_lock_bh(&neigh->lock);
+       if (neigh->nud_state & NUD_VALID) {
+               write_unlock_bh(&neigh->lock);
                return;
-       read_lock_bh(&neigh->lock);
+       }
        if (!(neigh->nud_state & NUD_VALID) &&
            time_after(jiffies, neigh->updated + rt->rt6i_idev->cnf.rtr_probe_interval)) {
                struct in6_addr mcaddr;
                struct in6_addr *target;
 
                neigh->updated = jiffies;
-               read_unlock_bh(&neigh->lock);
+               write_unlock_bh(&neigh->lock);
 
                target = (struct in6_addr *)&neigh->primary_key;
                addrconf_addr_solict_mult(target, &mcaddr);
                ndisc_send_ns(rt->dst.dev, NULL, target, &mcaddr, NULL);
        } else {
-               read_unlock_bh(&neigh->lock);
+               write_unlock_bh(&neigh->lock);
        }
 }
 #else