int lwtunnel_encap_del_ops(const struct lwtunnel_encap_ops *op,
                           unsigned int num);
 int lwtunnel_valid_encap_type(u16 encap_type,
-                             struct netlink_ext_ack *extack,
-                             bool rtnl_is_held);
+                             struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
 int lwtunnel_valid_encap_type_attr(struct nlattr *attr, int len,
-                                  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack,
-                                  bool rtnl_is_held);
+                                  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
 int lwtunnel_build_state(struct net *net, u16 encap_type,
                         struct nlattr *encap,
                         unsigned int family, const void *cfg,
 }
 
 static inline int lwtunnel_valid_encap_type(u16 encap_type,
-                                           struct netlink_ext_ack *extack,
-                                           bool rtnl_is_held)
+                                           struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
        NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "CONFIG_LWTUNNEL is not enabled in this kernel");
        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
+
 static inline int lwtunnel_valid_encap_type_attr(struct nlattr *attr, int len,
-                                                struct netlink_ext_ack *extack,
-                                                bool rtnl_is_held)
+                                                struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
        /* return 0 since we are not walking attr looking for
         * RTA_ENCAP_TYPE attribute on nexthops.
 
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lwtunnel_build_state);
 
-int lwtunnel_valid_encap_type(u16 encap_type, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack,
-                             bool rtnl_is_held)
+int lwtunnel_valid_encap_type(u16 encap_type, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
        const struct lwtunnel_encap_ops *ops;
        int ret = -EINVAL;
                const char *encap_type_str = lwtunnel_encap_str(encap_type);
 
                if (encap_type_str) {
-                       if (rtnl_is_held)
-                               __rtnl_unlock();
                        request_module("rtnl-lwt-%s", encap_type_str);
-                       if (rtnl_is_held)
-                               rtnl_lock();
-
                        ops = rcu_access_pointer(lwtun_encaps[encap_type]);
                }
        }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lwtunnel_valid_encap_type);
 
 int lwtunnel_valid_encap_type_attr(struct nlattr *attr, int remaining,
-                                  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack,
-                                  bool rtnl_is_held)
+                                  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
        struct rtnexthop *rtnh = (struct rtnexthop *)attr;
        struct nlattr *nla_entype;
                                }
                                encap_type = nla_get_u16(nla_entype);
 
-                               if (lwtunnel_valid_encap_type(encap_type,
-                                                             extack,
-                                                             rtnl_is_held) != 0)
+                               if (lwtunnel_valid_encap_type(encap_type, extack))
                                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
                        }
                }
 
                case RTA_MULTIPATH:
                        err = lwtunnel_valid_encap_type_attr(nla_data(attr),
                                                             nla_len(attr),
-                                                            extack, false);
+                                                            extack);
                        if (err < 0)
                                goto errout;
                        cfg->fc_mp = nla_data(attr);
                case RTA_ENCAP_TYPE:
                        cfg->fc_encap_type = nla_get_u16(attr);
                        err = lwtunnel_valid_encap_type(cfg->fc_encap_type,
-                                                       extack, false);
+                                                       extack);
                        if (err < 0)
                                goto errout;
                        break;
 
                }
 
                cfg->nh_encap_type = nla_get_u16(tb[NHA_ENCAP_TYPE]);
-               err = lwtunnel_valid_encap_type(cfg->nh_encap_type,
-                                               extack, false);
+               err = lwtunnel_valid_encap_type(cfg->nh_encap_type, extack);
                if (err < 0)
                        goto out;
 
 
                rtnh = rtnh_next(rtnh, &remaining);
        } while (rtnh_ok(rtnh, remaining));
 
-       return lwtunnel_valid_encap_type_attr(cfg->fc_mp, cfg->fc_mp_len,
-                                             extack, false);
+       return lwtunnel_valid_encap_type_attr(cfg->fc_mp, cfg->fc_mp_len, extack);
 }
 
 static int rtm_to_fib6_config(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
        if (tb[RTA_ENCAP_TYPE]) {
                cfg->fc_encap_type = nla_get_u16(tb[RTA_ENCAP_TYPE]);
 
-               err = lwtunnel_valid_encap_type(cfg->fc_encap_type,
-                                               extack, false);
+               err = lwtunnel_valid_encap_type(cfg->fc_encap_type, extack);
                if (err < 0)
                        goto errout;
        }