diff --git a/lib/codetag.c b/lib/codetag.c
index afa8a2d4f317..d1fbbb7c2ec3 100644
--- a/lib/codetag.c
+++ b/lib/codetag.c
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ bool codetag_unload_module(struct module *mod)
 	if (!mod)
 		return true;
 
+	/* await any module's kfree_rcu() operations to complete */
+	kvfree_rcu_barrier();
+
 	mutex_lock(&codetag_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(cttype, &codetag_types, link) {
 		struct codetag_module *found = NULL;