diff --git a/sys/netgraph/ng_base.c b/sys/netgraph/ng_base.c
index 0d64000ee1f5..0a07860a4481 100644
--- a/sys/netgraph/ng_base.c
+++ b/sys/netgraph/ng_base.c
@@ -3390,7 +3390,7 @@ sysctl_debug_ng_dump_items(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
 }
 
 SYSCTL_PROC(_debug, OID_AUTO, ng_dump_items,
-    CTLTYPE_INT | CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_NEEDGIANT, 0, sizeof(int),
+    CTLTYPE_INT | CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_MPSAFE, 0, sizeof(int),
     sysctl_debug_ng_dump_items, "I",
     "Number of allocated items");
 #endif	/* NETGRAPH_DEBUG */