diff --git a/tools/testing/radix-tree/idr-test.c b/tools/testing/radix-tree/idr-test.c
index 44ceff95a9b3063fd604aaf41d6370a4107cd540..4a9b451b7ba031b2dab8ec7cd985f3fdb52144eb 100644
--- a/tools/testing/radix-tree/idr-test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/radix-tree/idr-test.c
@@ -306,11 +306,15 @@ void idr_find_test_1(int anchor_id, int throbber_id)
 	BUG_ON(idr_alloc(&find_idr, xa_mk_value(anchor_id), anchor_id,
 				anchor_id + 1, GFP_KERNEL) != anchor_id);
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	do {
 		int id = 0;
 		void *entry = idr_get_next(&find_idr, &id);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		BUG_ON(entry != xa_mk_value(id));
+		rcu_read_lock();
 	} while (time(NULL) < start + 11);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	pthread_join(throbber, NULL);