{
        unsigned long flags;
        long cpu = (long)hcpu;
+       struct dl_bw *dl_b;
 
        switch (action & ~CPU_TASKS_FROZEN) {
        case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE:
 
                /* explicitly allow suspend */
                if (!(action & CPU_TASKS_FROZEN)) {
-                       struct dl_bw *dl_b = dl_bw_of(cpu);
                        bool overflow;
                        int cpus;
 
+                       rcu_read_lock_sched();
+                       dl_b = dl_bw_of(cpu);
+
                        raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&dl_b->lock, flags);
                        cpus = dl_bw_cpus(cpu);
                        overflow = __dl_overflow(dl_b, cpus, 0, 0);
                        raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dl_b->lock, flags);
 
+                       rcu_read_unlock_sched();
+
                        if (overflow)
                                return notifier_from_errno(-EBUSY);
                }
        u64 runtime = global_rt_runtime();
        u64 period = global_rt_period();
        u64 new_bw = to_ratio(period, runtime);
+       struct dl_bw *dl_b;
        int cpu, ret = 0;
        unsigned long flags;
 
-       rcu_read_lock();
-
        /*
         * Here we want to check the bandwidth not being set to some
         * value smaller than the currently allocated bandwidth in
         * solutions is welcome!
         */
        for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-               struct dl_bw *dl_b = dl_bw_of(cpu);
+               rcu_read_lock_sched();
+               dl_b = dl_bw_of(cpu);
 
                raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&dl_b->lock, flags);
                if (new_bw < dl_b->total_bw)
                        ret = -EBUSY;
                raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dl_b->lock, flags);
 
+               rcu_read_unlock_sched();
+
                if (ret)
                        break;
        }
 
-       rcu_read_unlock();
-
        return ret;
 }
 
 static void sched_dl_do_global(void)
 {
        u64 new_bw = -1;
+       struct dl_bw *dl_b;
        int cpu;
        unsigned long flags;
 
        if (global_rt_runtime() != RUNTIME_INF)
                new_bw = to_ratio(global_rt_period(), global_rt_runtime());
 
-       rcu_read_lock();
        /*
         * FIXME: As above...
         */
        for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-               struct dl_bw *dl_b = dl_bw_of(cpu);
+               rcu_read_lock_sched();
+               dl_b = dl_bw_of(cpu);
 
                raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&dl_b->lock, flags);
                dl_b->bw = new_bw;
                raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dl_b->lock, flags);
+
+               rcu_read_unlock_sched();
        }
-       rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static int sched_rt_global_validate(void)