diff --git a/include/net/ip.h b/include/net/ip.h
index fe63ba95d12b15828f767841d27746e7ef8895ca..d53b5a9eae34f65730a22ac0e2d8511be042e2de 100644
--- a/include/net/ip.h
+++ b/include/net/ip.h
@@ -91,6 +91,17 @@ static inline int inet_sdif(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Special input handler for packets caught by router alert option.
+   They are selected only by protocol field, and then processed likely
+   local ones; but only if someone wants them! Otherwise, router
+   not running rsvpd will kill RSVP.
+
+   It is user level problem, what it will make with them.
+   I have no idea, how it will masquearde or NAT them (it is joke, joke :-)),
+   but receiver should be enough clever f.e. to forward mtrace requests,
+   sent to multicast group to reach destination designated router.
+ */
+
 struct ip_ra_chain {
 	struct ip_ra_chain __rcu *next;
 	struct sock		*sk;
@@ -101,8 +112,6 @@ struct ip_ra_chain {
 	struct rcu_head		rcu;
 };
 
-extern struct ip_ra_chain __rcu *ip_ra_chain;
-
 /* IP flags. */
 #define IP_CE		0x8000		/* Flag: "Congestion"		*/
 #define IP_DF		0x4000		/* Flag: "Don't Fragment"	*/
diff --git a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
index 382bfd7583cfc0008d164ca31e11e6ca4f04acaf..8491bc9c86b1553ab603e4363e8e38ca7ff547e0 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ struct netns_ipv4 {
 #endif
 	struct ipv4_devconf	*devconf_all;
 	struct ipv4_devconf	*devconf_dflt;
+	struct ip_ra_chain __rcu *ra_chain;
+	struct mutex		ra_mutex;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES
 	struct fib_rules_ops	*rules_ops;
 	bool			fib_has_custom_rules;
diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index c340d5cfbdecd4dab11a863c988eb24eebaa88d5..95ba2c53bd9a280433959d22d60fa36b784cbe97 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ static __net_init int setup_net(struct net *net, struct user_namespace *user_ns)
 	net->user_ns = user_ns;
 	idr_init(&net->netns_ids);
 	spin_lock_init(&net->nsid_lock);
+	mutex_init(&net->ipv4.ra_mutex);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(ops, &pernet_list, list) {
 		error = ops_init(ops, net);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
index 57fc13c6ab2b7843a4fdb11680c82fc342f465c7..7582713dd18f37b5c27cdc85ff62626a8ad4f435 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ bool ip_call_ra_chain(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
 	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
 
-	for (ra = rcu_dereference(ip_ra_chain); ra; ra = rcu_dereference(ra->next)) {
+	for (ra = rcu_dereference(net->ipv4.ra_chain); ra; ra = rcu_dereference(ra->next)) {
 		struct sock *sk = ra->sk;
 
 		/* If socket is bound to an interface, only report
@@ -167,8 +167,7 @@ bool ip_call_ra_chain(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		 */
 		if (sk && inet_sk(sk)->inet_num == protocol &&
 		    (!sk->sk_bound_dev_if ||
-		     sk->sk_bound_dev_if == dev->ifindex) &&
-		    net_eq(sock_net(sk), net)) {
+		     sk->sk_bound_dev_if == dev->ifindex)) {
 			if (ip_is_fragment(ip_hdr(skb))) {
 				if (ip_defrag(net, skb, IP_DEFRAG_CALL_RA_CHAIN))
 					return true;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c b/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
index 74c962b9b09c3c234388686fad4fb217c4e4a36e..5ad2d8ed3a3fe2aa51d814af442df7ff5e074d3e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
@@ -322,20 +322,6 @@ int ip_cmsg_send(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, struct ipcm_cookie *ipc,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-
-/* Special input handler for packets caught by router alert option.
-   They are selected only by protocol field, and then processed likely
-   local ones; but only if someone wants them! Otherwise, router
-   not running rsvpd will kill RSVP.
-
-   It is user level problem, what it will make with them.
-   I have no idea, how it will masquearde or NAT them (it is joke, joke :-)),
-   but receiver should be enough clever f.e. to forward mtrace requests,
-   sent to multicast group to reach destination designated router.
- */
-struct ip_ra_chain __rcu *ip_ra_chain;
-
-
 static void ip_ra_destroy_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
 	struct ip_ra_chain *ra = container_of(head, struct ip_ra_chain, rcu);
@@ -349,23 +335,28 @@ int ip_ra_control(struct sock *sk, unsigned char on,
 {
 	struct ip_ra_chain *ra, *new_ra;
 	struct ip_ra_chain __rcu **rap;
+	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
 
 	if (sk->sk_type != SOCK_RAW || inet_sk(sk)->inet_num == IPPROTO_RAW)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	new_ra = on ? kmalloc(sizeof(*new_ra), GFP_KERNEL) : NULL;
 
-	for (rap = &ip_ra_chain;
-	     (ra = rtnl_dereference(*rap)) != NULL;
+	mutex_lock(&net->ipv4.ra_mutex);
+	for (rap = &net->ipv4.ra_chain;
+	     (ra = rcu_dereference_protected(*rap,
+			lockdep_is_held(&net->ipv4.ra_mutex))) != NULL;
 	     rap = &ra->next) {
 		if (ra->sk == sk) {
 			if (on) {
+				mutex_unlock(&net->ipv4.ra_mutex);
 				kfree(new_ra);
 				return -EADDRINUSE;
 			}
 			/* dont let ip_call_ra_chain() use sk again */
 			ra->sk = NULL;
 			RCU_INIT_POINTER(*rap, ra->next);
+			mutex_unlock(&net->ipv4.ra_mutex);
 
 			if (ra->destructor)
 				ra->destructor(sk);
@@ -379,14 +370,17 @@ int ip_ra_control(struct sock *sk, unsigned char on,
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
-	if (!new_ra)
+	if (!new_ra) {
+		mutex_unlock(&net->ipv4.ra_mutex);
 		return -ENOBUFS;
+	}
 	new_ra->sk = sk;
 	new_ra->destructor = destructor;
 
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(new_ra->next, ra);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(*rap, new_ra);
 	sock_hold(sk);
+	mutex_unlock(&net->ipv4.ra_mutex);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -586,7 +580,6 @@ static bool setsockopt_needs_rtnl(int optname)
 	case MCAST_LEAVE_GROUP:
 	case MCAST_LEAVE_SOURCE_GROUP:
 	case MCAST_UNBLOCK_SOURCE:
-	case IP_ROUTER_ALERT:
 		return true;
 	}
 	return false;
@@ -639,6 +632,8 @@ static int do_ip_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level,
 
 	/* If optlen==0, it is equivalent to val == 0 */
 
+	if (optname == IP_ROUTER_ALERT)
+		return ip_ra_control(sk, val ? 1 : 0, NULL);
 	if (ip_mroute_opt(optname))
 		return ip_mroute_setsockopt(sk, optname, optval, optlen);
 
@@ -1149,9 +1144,6 @@ static int do_ip_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level,
 			goto e_inval;
 		inet->mc_all = val;
 		break;
-	case IP_ROUTER_ALERT:
-		err = ip_ra_control(sk, val ? 1 : 0, NULL);
-		break;
 
 	case IP_FREEBIND:
 		if (optlen < 1)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index d752a70855d8b6957d201db9772da3c4992b895b..f6be5db16da2640a44032770ca3ef8b90bc14b29 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ static void mrtsock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
 	struct mr_table *mrt;
 
-	ASSERT_RTNL();
+	rtnl_lock();
 	ipmr_for_each_table(mrt, net) {
 		if (sk == rtnl_dereference(mrt->mroute_sk)) {
 			IPV4_DEVCONF_ALL(net, MC_FORWARDING)--;
@@ -1411,6 +1411,7 @@ static void mrtsock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 			mroute_clean_tables(mrt, false);
 		}
 	}
+	rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
 /* Socket options and virtual interface manipulation. The whole
@@ -1475,8 +1476,13 @@ int ip_mroute_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int optname, char __user *optval,
 		if (sk != rcu_access_pointer(mrt->mroute_sk)) {
 			ret = -EACCES;
 		} else {
+			/* We need to unlock here because mrtsock_destruct takes
+			 * care of rtnl itself and we can't change that due to
+			 * the IP_ROUTER_ALERT setsockopt which runs without it.
+			 */
+			rtnl_unlock();
 			ret = ip_ra_control(sk, 0, NULL);
-			goto out_unlock;
+			goto out;
 		}
 		break;
 	case MRT_ADD_VIF:
@@ -1588,6 +1594,7 @@ int ip_mroute_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int optname, char __user *optval,
 	}
 out_unlock:
 	rtnl_unlock();
+out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/raw.c b/net/ipv4/raw.c
index 54648d20bf0f87e1b9a2cceb7bb18a31c8df319a..720bef7da2f6d13e9b09269c38d14a7945ae4c5e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/raw.c
@@ -711,9 +711,7 @@ static void raw_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 	/*
 	 * Raw sockets may have direct kernel references. Kill them.
 	 */
-	rtnl_lock();
 	ip_ra_control(sk, 0, NULL);
-	rtnl_unlock();
 
 	sk_common_release(sk);
 }