diff --git a/include/net/fib_rules.h b/include/net/fib_rules.h
index 34349f9f4331a1d81e22d65a848511f446eea226..a5c6ccc5bb19411217c1b1dcf1abe528b81171c0 100644
--- a/include/net/fib_rules.h
+++ b/include/net/fib_rules.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ static inline void fib_rule_get(struct fib_rule *rule)
 static inline void fib_rule_put_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
 	struct fib_rule *rule = container_of(head, struct fib_rule, rcu);
+	release_net(rule->fr_net);
 	kfree(rule);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/core/fib_rules.c b/net/core/fib_rules.c
index 540c07283e3128b7a836127440d0176c735cc1d3..e3e9ab0f74e33caf9e0df3a8d0829359f86eefe7 100644
--- a/net/core/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/core/fib_rules.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ int fib_default_rule_add(struct fib_rules_ops *ops,
 	r->pref = pref;
 	r->table = table;
 	r->flags = flags;
-	r->fr_net = ops->fro_net;
+	r->fr_net = hold_net(ops->fro_net);
 
 	/* The lock is not required here, the list in unreacheable
 	 * at the moment this function is called */
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static int fib_nl_newrule(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto errout;
 	}
-	rule->fr_net = net;
+	rule->fr_net = hold_net(net);
 
 	if (tb[FRA_PRIORITY])
 		rule->pref = nla_get_u32(tb[FRA_PRIORITY]);
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ static int fib_nl_newrule(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
 	return 0;
 
 errout_free:
+	release_net(rule->fr_net);
 	kfree(rule);
 errout:
 	rules_ops_put(ops);