diff --git a/lib/idr.c b/lib/idr.c
index 44ab3b2..21e12af 100644
--- a/lib/idr.c
+++ b/lib/idr.c
@@ -456,7 +456,8 @@
  * return indicates that @id is not valid or you passed %NULL in
  * idr_get_new().
  *
- * The caller must serialize idr_find() vs idr_get_new() and idr_remove().
+ * This function can be called under rcu_read_lock(), given that the leaf
+ * pointers lifetimes are correctly managed.
  */
 void *idr_find(struct idr *idp, int id)
 {
@@ -464,7 +465,7 @@
 	struct idr_layer *p;
 
 	n = idp->layers * IDR_BITS;
-	p = idp->top;
+	p = rcu_dereference(idp->top);
 
 	/* Mask off upper bits we don't use for the search. */
 	id &= MAX_ID_MASK;
@@ -474,7 +475,7 @@
 
 	while (n > 0 && p) {
 		n -= IDR_BITS;
-		p = p->ary[(id >> n) & IDR_MASK];
+		p = rcu_dereference(p->ary[(id >> n) & IDR_MASK]);
 	}
 	return((void *)p);
 }
@@ -507,7 +508,7 @@
 	struct idr_layer **paa = &pa[0];
 
 	n = idp->layers * IDR_BITS;
-	p = idp->top;
+	p = rcu_dereference(idp->top);
 	max = 1 << n;
 
 	id = 0;
@@ -515,7 +516,7 @@
 		while (n > 0 && p) {
 			n -= IDR_BITS;
 			*paa++ = p;
-			p = p->ary[(id >> n) & IDR_MASK];
+			p = rcu_dereference(p->ary[(id >> n) & IDR_MASK]);
 		}
 
 		if (p) {