diff --git a/drivers/net/wireguard/send.c b/drivers/net/wireguard/send.c
index 95c853b59e..32b01a6770 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireguard/send.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireguard/send.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ void wg_packet_send_keepalive(struct wg_peer *peer)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
-	if (skb_queue_empty(&peer->staged_packet_queue)) {
+	if (skb_queue_empty_lockless(&peer->staged_packet_queue)) {
 		skb = alloc_skb(DATA_PACKET_HEAD_ROOM + MESSAGE_MINIMUM_LENGTH,
 				GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (unlikely(!skb))