diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index dc066fdf7e4617239980532844ae56ad1e523c54..87a0561136dd2b3701ef5cca7b554651bf29f986 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2277,14 +2277,8 @@ 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 || from_set);
+		(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_PCPU || rcu_access_pointer(rt->from));
 }
 
 static void __ip6_rt_update_pmtu(struct dst_entry *dst, const struct sock *sk,