diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 5fc2dfc6ae7f7d540852f983e82d3625f3d9d94e..e9f3799918e2ca037b02906e59aa9c2003a1debd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -1623,15 +1623,15 @@ static int rt6_remove_exception_rt(struct rt6_info *rt)
 static void rt6_update_exception_stamp_rt(struct rt6_info *rt)
 {
 	struct rt6_exception_bucket *bucket;
-	struct fib6_info *from = rt->from;
 	struct in6_addr *src_key = NULL;
 	struct rt6_exception *rt6_ex;
-
-	if (!from ||
-	    !(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE))
-		return;
+	struct fib6_info *from;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
+	from = rcu_dereference(rt->from);
+	if (!from || !(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE))
+		goto unlock;
+
 	bucket = rcu_dereference(from->rt6i_exception_bucket);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SUBTREES
@@ -1650,6 +1650,7 @@ static void rt6_update_exception_stamp_rt(struct rt6_info *rt)
 	if (rt6_ex)
 		rt6_ex->stamp = jiffies;
 
+unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }