diff --git a/include/linux/rhashtable.h b/include/linux/rhashtable.h
index 4192682c1d5c3681d063e999fe4d150c8fded4b1..a0abddd226b382d93062369cc87ae309ea4a5450 100644
--- a/include/linux/rhashtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/rhashtable.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ struct rhash_head {
  * @locks_mask: Mask to apply before accessing locks[]
  * @locks: Array of spinlocks protecting individual buckets
  * @walkers: List of active walkers
+ * @rcu: RCU structure for freeing the table
  * @buckets: size * hash buckets
  */
 struct bucket_table {
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ struct bucket_table {
 	unsigned int		locks_mask;
 	spinlock_t		*locks;
 	struct list_head	walkers;
+	struct rcu_head		rcu;
 
 	struct rhash_head __rcu	*buckets[] ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 };
diff --git a/lib/rhashtable.c b/lib/rhashtable.c
index e55bbc84c4494640123da0b2e58d1c470c075f73..36fb0910bec21085b6f23bfe1847f05e816c398a 100644
--- a/lib/rhashtable.c
+++ b/lib/rhashtable.c
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ static void bucket_table_free(const struct bucket_table *tbl)
 	kvfree(tbl);
 }
 
+static void bucket_table_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	bucket_table_free(container_of(head, struct bucket_table, rcu));
+}
+
 static struct bucket_table *bucket_table_alloc(struct rhashtable *ht,
 					       size_t nbuckets)
 {
@@ -288,9 +293,7 @@ static void rhashtable_rehash(struct rhashtable *ht,
 	 * table, and thus no references to the old table will
 	 * remain.
 	 */
-	synchronize_rcu();
-
-	bucket_table_free(old_tbl);
+	call_rcu(&old_tbl->rcu, bucket_table_free_rcu);
 }
 
 /**