diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c
index 04e466d53c0b8f399469d5936654337ecf5e2482..508e6007a191dbaeeb6ca8ec599bf371da75f60a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ static void free_conntrack_hash(struct list_head *hash, int vmalloced,int size)
    supposed to kill the mall. */
 void ip_conntrack_cleanup(void)
 {
-	ip_ct_attach = NULL;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(ip_ct_attach, NULL);
 
 	/* This makes sure all current packets have passed through
 	   netfilter framework.  Roll on, two-stage module
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ int __init ip_conntrack_init(void)
 	write_unlock_bh(&ip_conntrack_lock);
 
 	/* For use by ipt_REJECT */
-	ip_ct_attach = ip_conntrack_attach;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(ip_ct_attach, ip_conntrack_attach);
 
 	/* Set up fake conntrack:
 	    - to never be deleted, not in any hashes */
diff --git a/net/netfilter/core.c b/net/netfilter/core.c
index 291b8c6862f1498707884e09d695ee51824de166..ad24d0c005e2a53beadd589745e38b895d32eb6f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/core.c
@@ -248,9 +248,12 @@ void nf_ct_attach(struct sk_buff *new, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	void (*attach)(struct sk_buff *, struct sk_buff *);
 
-	if (skb->nfct && (attach = ip_ct_attach) != NULL) {
-		mb(); /* Just to be sure: must be read before executing this */
-		attach(new, skb);
+	if (skb->nfct) {
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		attach = rcu_dereference(ip_ct_attach);
+		if (attach)
+			attach(new, skb);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nf_ct_attach);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 9b02ec4012fb3f4ab515d089cd4f3b1b14a20808..59bcab1d1084a0d8595e48c765c72f932fc87301 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ void nf_conntrack_cleanup(void)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	ip_ct_attach = NULL;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(ip_ct_attach, NULL);
 
 	/* This makes sure all current packets have passed through
 	   netfilter framework.  Roll on, two-stage module
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ int __init nf_conntrack_init(void)
         write_unlock_bh(&nf_conntrack_lock);
 
 	/* For use by REJECT target */
-	ip_ct_attach = __nf_conntrack_attach;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(ip_ct_attach, __nf_conntrack_attach);
 
 	/* Set up fake conntrack:
 	    - to never be deleted, not in any hashes */