diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index 642211174692b71f2f4e86ee6cc39eae2cc386e1..1af450d4e9233c531d154644d8b7b94cbdb611c4 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ struct fib6_info {
 
 struct rt6_info {
 	struct dst_entry		dst;
-	struct fib6_info		*from;
+	struct fib6_info __rcu		*from;
 
 	struct rt6key			rt6i_dst;
 	struct rt6key			rt6i_src;
@@ -223,39 +223,17 @@ static inline bool fib6_check_expired(const struct fib6_info *f6i)
 	return false;
 }
 
-static inline void rt6_clean_expires(struct rt6_info *rt)
-{
-	rt->rt6i_flags &= ~RTF_EXPIRES;
-	rt->dst.expires = 0;
-}
-
-static inline void rt6_set_expires(struct rt6_info *rt, unsigned long expires)
-{
-	rt->dst.expires = expires;
-	rt->rt6i_flags |= RTF_EXPIRES;
-}
-
-static inline void rt6_update_expires(struct rt6_info *rt0, int timeout)
-{
-	if (!(rt0->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES) && rt0->from)
-		rt0->dst.expires = rt0->from->expires;
-
-	dst_set_expires(&rt0->dst, timeout);
-	rt0->rt6i_flags |= RTF_EXPIRES;
-}
-
 /* Function to safely get fn->sernum for passed in rt
  * and store result in passed in cookie.
  * Return true if we can get cookie safely
  * Return false if not
  */
-static inline bool rt6_get_cookie_safe(const struct fib6_info *f6i,
-				       u32 *cookie)
+static inline bool fib6_get_cookie_safe(const struct fib6_info *f6i,
+					u32 *cookie)
 {
 	struct fib6_node *fn;
 	bool status = false;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	fn = rcu_dereference(f6i->fib6_node);
 
 	if (fn) {
@@ -265,17 +243,22 @@ static inline bool rt6_get_cookie_safe(const struct fib6_info *f6i,
 		status = true;
 	}
 
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return status;
 }
 
 static inline u32 rt6_get_cookie(const struct rt6_info *rt)
 {
+	struct fib6_info *from;
 	u32 cookie = 0;
 
-	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_PCPU ||
-	    (unlikely(!list_empty(&rt->rt6i_uncached)) && rt->from))
-		rt6_get_cookie_safe(rt->from, &cookie);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	from = rcu_dereference(rt->from);
+	if (from && (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_PCPU ||
+	    unlikely(!list_empty(&rt->rt6i_uncached))))
+		fib6_get_cookie_safe(from, &cookie);
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return cookie;
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index f936e91a8c65ad3bafb46cdf5e09a868afcf21d5..6421c893466e7df6896e39c4c462c19eeacf1b65 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -860,6 +860,31 @@ static struct fib6_node *fib6_add_1(struct net *net,
 	return ln;
 }
 
+static void fib6_drop_pcpu_from(struct fib6_info *f6i,
+				const struct fib6_table *table)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	/* release the reference to this fib entry from
+	 * all of its cached pcpu routes
+	 */
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+		struct rt6_info **ppcpu_rt;
+		struct rt6_info *pcpu_rt;
+
+		ppcpu_rt = per_cpu_ptr(f6i->rt6i_pcpu, cpu);
+		pcpu_rt = *ppcpu_rt;
+		if (pcpu_rt) {
+			struct fib6_info *from;
+
+			from = rcu_dereference_protected(pcpu_rt->from,
+					     lockdep_is_held(&table->tb6_lock));
+			rcu_assign_pointer(pcpu_rt->from, NULL);
+			fib6_info_release(from);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 static void fib6_purge_rt(struct fib6_info *rt, struct fib6_node *fn,
 			  struct net *net)
 {
@@ -887,24 +912,8 @@ static void fib6_purge_rt(struct fib6_info *rt, struct fib6_node *fn,
 				    lockdep_is_held(&table->tb6_lock));
 		}
 
-		if (rt->rt6i_pcpu) {
-			int cpu;
-
-			/* release the reference to this fib entry from
-			 * all of its cached pcpu routes
-			 */
-			for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-				struct rt6_info **ppcpu_rt;
-				struct rt6_info *pcpu_rt;
-
-				ppcpu_rt = per_cpu_ptr(rt->rt6i_pcpu, cpu);
-				pcpu_rt = *ppcpu_rt;
-				if (pcpu_rt) {
-					fib6_info_release(pcpu_rt->from);
-					pcpu_rt->from = NULL;
-				}
-			}
-		}
+		if (rt->rt6i_pcpu)
+			fib6_drop_pcpu_from(rt, table);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 3db47986ef3869257374d8feca6ec5f82967c917..6a477d54f8c72e5b502c202c7af0a04a552ee26e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -962,16 +962,21 @@ static int ip6_dst_lookup_tail(struct net *net, const struct sock *sk,
 	 * that's why we try it again later.
 	 */
 	if (ipv6_addr_any(&fl6->saddr) && (!*dst || !(*dst)->error)) {
+		struct fib6_info *from;
 		struct rt6_info *rt;
 		bool had_dst = *dst != NULL;
 
 		if (!had_dst)
 			*dst = ip6_route_output(net, sk, fl6);
 		rt = (*dst)->error ? NULL : (struct rt6_info *)*dst;
-		err = ip6_route_get_saddr(net, rt ? rt->from : NULL,
-					  &fl6->daddr,
+
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		from = rt ? rcu_dereference(rt->from) : NULL;
+		err = ip6_route_get_saddr(net, from, &fl6->daddr,
 					  sk ? inet6_sk(sk)->srcprefs : 0,
 					  &fl6->saddr);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+
 		if (err)
 			goto out_err_release;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 884d9cee790fcd0a1a58e1e5681fedcbc3e4ad72..0407bbc5a028be646cbbdab861489fa0314400db 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip6_dst_alloc);
 static void ip6_dst_destroy(struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
 	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
-	struct fib6_info *from = rt->from;
+	struct fib6_info *from;
 	struct inet6_dev *idev;
 
 	dst_destroy_metrics_generic(dst);
@@ -371,8 +371,11 @@ static void ip6_dst_destroy(struct dst_entry *dst)
 		in6_dev_put(idev);
 	}
 
-	rt->from = NULL;
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	from = rcu_dereference(rt->from);
+	rcu_assign_pointer(rt->from, NULL);
 	fib6_info_release(from);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static void ip6_dst_ifdown(struct dst_entry *dst, struct net_device *dev,
@@ -402,12 +405,16 @@ static bool __rt6_check_expired(const struct rt6_info *rt)
 
 static bool rt6_check_expired(const struct rt6_info *rt)
 {
+	struct fib6_info *from;
+
+	from = rcu_dereference(rt->from);
+
 	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES) {
 		if (time_after(jiffies, rt->dst.expires))
 			return true;
-	} else if (rt->from) {
+	} else if (from) {
 		return rt->dst.obsolete != DST_OBSOLETE_FORCE_CHK ||
-			fib6_check_expired(rt->from);
+			fib6_check_expired(from);
 	}
 	return false;
 }
@@ -963,7 +970,7 @@ static void rt6_set_from(struct rt6_info *rt, struct fib6_info *from)
 {
 	rt->rt6i_flags &= ~RTF_EXPIRES;
 	fib6_info_hold(from);
-	rt->from = from;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(rt->from, from);
 	dst_init_metrics(&rt->dst, from->fib6_metrics->metrics, true);
 	if (from->fib6_metrics != &dst_default_metrics) {
 		rt->dst._metrics |= DST_METRICS_REFCOUNTED;
@@ -1164,10 +1171,8 @@ static struct rt6_info *ip6_rt_cache_alloc(struct fib6_info *ort,
 	 *	Clone the route.
 	 */
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	dev = ip6_rt_get_dev_rcu(ort);
 	rt = ip6_dst_alloc(dev_net(dev), dev, 0);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 	if (!rt)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -1855,14 +1860,11 @@ struct rt6_info *ip6_pol_route(struct net *net, struct fib6_table *table,
 		 * the daddr in the skb during the neighbor look-up is different
 		 * from the fl6->daddr used to look-up route here.
 		 */
-
 		struct rt6_info *uncached_rt;
 
-		fib6_info_hold(f6i);
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-
 		uncached_rt = ip6_rt_cache_alloc(f6i, &fl6->daddr, NULL);
-		fib6_info_release(f6i);
+
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 
 		if (uncached_rt) {
 			/* Uncached_rt's refcnt is taken during ip6_rt_cache_alloc()
@@ -2128,8 +2130,7 @@ static bool fib6_check(struct fib6_info *f6i, u32 cookie)
 {
 	u32 rt_cookie = 0;
 
-	if ((f6i && !rt6_get_cookie_safe(f6i, &rt_cookie)) ||
-	     rt_cookie != cookie)
+	if (!fib6_get_cookie_safe(f6i, &rt_cookie) || rt_cookie != cookie)
 		return false;
 
 	if (fib6_check_expired(f6i))
@@ -2138,11 +2139,13 @@ static bool fib6_check(struct fib6_info *f6i, u32 cookie)
 	return true;
 }
 
-static struct dst_entry *rt6_check(struct rt6_info *rt, u32 cookie)
+static struct dst_entry *rt6_check(struct rt6_info *rt,
+				   struct fib6_info *from,
+				   u32 cookie)
 {
 	u32 rt_cookie = 0;
 
-	if ((rt->from && !rt6_get_cookie_safe(rt->from, &rt_cookie)) ||
+	if ((from && !fib6_get_cookie_safe(from, &rt_cookie)) ||
 	    rt_cookie != cookie)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -2152,11 +2155,13 @@ static struct dst_entry *rt6_check(struct rt6_info *rt, u32 cookie)
 	return &rt->dst;
 }
 
-static struct dst_entry *rt6_dst_from_check(struct rt6_info *rt, u32 cookie)
+static struct dst_entry *rt6_dst_from_check(struct rt6_info *rt,
+					    struct fib6_info *from,
+					    u32 cookie)
 {
 	if (!__rt6_check_expired(rt) &&
 	    rt->dst.obsolete == DST_OBSOLETE_FORCE_CHK &&
-	    fib6_check(rt->from, cookie))
+	    fib6_check(from, cookie))
 		return &rt->dst;
 	else
 		return NULL;
@@ -2164,20 +2169,30 @@ static struct dst_entry *rt6_dst_from_check(struct rt6_info *rt, u32 cookie)
 
 static struct dst_entry *ip6_dst_check(struct dst_entry *dst, u32 cookie)
 {
+	struct dst_entry *dst_ret;
+	struct fib6_info *from;
 	struct rt6_info *rt;
 
-	rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
+	rt = container_of(dst, struct rt6_info, dst);
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	/* All IPV6 dsts are created with ->obsolete set to the value
 	 * DST_OBSOLETE_FORCE_CHK which forces validation calls down
 	 * into this function always.
 	 */
 
-	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_PCPU ||
-	    (unlikely(!list_empty(&rt->rt6i_uncached)) && rt->from))
-		return rt6_dst_from_check(rt, cookie);
+	from = rcu_dereference(rt->from);
+
+	if (from && (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_PCPU ||
+	    unlikely(!list_empty(&rt->rt6i_uncached))))
+		dst_ret = rt6_dst_from_check(rt, from, cookie);
 	else
-		return rt6_check(rt, cookie);
+		dst_ret = rt6_check(rt, from, cookie);
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return dst_ret;
 }
 
 static struct dst_entry *ip6_negative_advice(struct dst_entry *dst)
@@ -2209,18 +2224,38 @@ static void ip6_link_failure(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE) {
 			if (dst_hold_safe(&rt->dst))
 				rt6_remove_exception_rt(rt);
-		} else if (rt->from) {
+		} else {
+			struct fib6_info *from;
 			struct fib6_node *fn;
 
 			rcu_read_lock();
-			fn = rcu_dereference(rt->from->fib6_node);
-			if (fn && (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_DEFAULT))
-				fn->fn_sernum = -1;
+			from = rcu_dereference(rt->from);
+			if (from) {
+				fn = rcu_dereference(from->fib6_node);
+				if (fn && (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_DEFAULT))
+					fn->fn_sernum = -1;
+			}
 			rcu_read_unlock();
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+static void rt6_update_expires(struct rt6_info *rt0, int timeout)
+{
+	if (!(rt0->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES)) {
+		struct fib6_info *from;
+
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		from = rcu_dereference(rt0->from);
+		if (from)
+			rt0->dst.expires = from->expires;
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+	}
+
+	dst_set_expires(&rt0->dst, timeout);
+	rt0->rt6i_flags |= RTF_EXPIRES;
+}
+
 static void rt6_do_update_pmtu(struct rt6_info *rt, u32 mtu)
 {
 	struct net *net = dev_net(rt->dst.dev);
@@ -2232,8 +2267,14 @@ static void rt6_do_update_pmtu(struct rt6_info *rt, u32 mtu)
 
 static bool rt6_cache_allowed_for_pmtu(const struct rt6_info *rt)
 {
+	bool from_set;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	from_set = !!rcu_dereference(rt->from);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
 	return !(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE) &&
-		(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_PCPU || rt->from);
+		(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_PCPU || from_set);
 }
 
 static void __ip6_rt_update_pmtu(struct dst_entry *dst, const struct sock *sk,
@@ -2269,14 +2310,18 @@ static void __ip6_rt_update_pmtu(struct dst_entry *dst, const struct sock *sk,
 		if (rt6->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE)
 			rt6_update_exception_stamp_rt(rt6);
 	} else if (daddr) {
+		struct fib6_info *from;
 		struct rt6_info *nrt6;
 
-		nrt6 = ip6_rt_cache_alloc(rt6->from, daddr, saddr);
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		from = rcu_dereference(rt6->from);
+		nrt6 = ip6_rt_cache_alloc(from, daddr, saddr);
 		if (nrt6) {
 			rt6_do_update_pmtu(nrt6, mtu);
-			if (rt6_insert_exception(nrt6, rt6->from))
+			if (rt6_insert_exception(nrt6, from))
 				dst_release_immediate(&nrt6->dst);
 		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3209,6 +3254,7 @@ static void rt6_do_redirect(struct dst_entry *dst, struct sock *sk, struct sk_bu
 	struct ndisc_options ndopts;
 	struct inet6_dev *in6_dev;
 	struct neighbour *neigh;
+	struct fib6_info *from;
 	struct rd_msg *msg;
 	int optlen, on_link;
 	u8 *lladdr;
@@ -3290,7 +3336,10 @@ static void rt6_do_redirect(struct dst_entry *dst, struct sock *sk, struct sk_bu
 				     NEIGH_UPDATE_F_ISROUTER)),
 		     NDISC_REDIRECT, &ndopts);
 
-	nrt = ip6_rt_cache_alloc(rt->from, &msg->dest, NULL);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	from = rcu_dereference(rt->from);
+	nrt = ip6_rt_cache_alloc(from, &msg->dest, NULL);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	if (!nrt)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -4672,6 +4721,7 @@ static int inet6_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	struct net *net = sock_net(in_skb->sk);
 	struct nlattr *tb[RTA_MAX+1];
 	int err, iif = 0, oif = 0;
+	struct fib6_info *from;
 	struct dst_entry *dst;
 	struct rt6_info *rt;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -4768,15 +4818,21 @@ static int inet6_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	}
 
 	skb_dst_set(skb, &rt->dst);
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	from = rcu_dereference(rt->from);
+
 	if (fibmatch)
-		err = rt6_fill_node(net, skb, rt->from, NULL, NULL, NULL, iif,
+		err = rt6_fill_node(net, skb, from, NULL, NULL, NULL, iif,
 				    RTM_NEWROUTE, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).portid,
 				    nlh->nlmsg_seq, 0);
 	else
-		err = rt6_fill_node(net, skb, rt->from, dst,
-				    &fl6.daddr, &fl6.saddr, iif, RTM_NEWROUTE,
+		err = rt6_fill_node(net, skb, from, dst, &fl6.daddr,
+				    &fl6.saddr, iif, RTM_NEWROUTE,
 				    NETLINK_CB(in_skb).portid, nlh->nlmsg_seq,
 				    0);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
 	if (err < 0) {
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		goto errout;