diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
index c868dd53e432ea79da5f99512059c23fbb3fc103..6bccba31d13208d03f042002f5808c3396c1f37f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ static void get_counters(const struct xt_table_info *t,
 	struct arpt_entry *iter;
 	unsigned int cpu;
 	unsigned int i;
-	unsigned int curcpu;
+	unsigned int curcpu = get_cpu();
 
 	/* Instead of clearing (by a previous call to memset())
 	 * the counters and using adds, we set the counters
@@ -720,14 +720,16 @@ static void get_counters(const struct xt_table_info *t,
 	 * if new softirq were to run and call ipt_do_table
 	 */
 	local_bh_disable();
-	curcpu = smp_processor_id();
-
 	i = 0;
 	xt_entry_foreach(iter, t->entries[curcpu], t->size) {
 		SET_COUNTER(counters[i], iter->counters.bcnt,
 			    iter->counters.pcnt);
 		++i;
 	}
+	local_bh_enable();
+	/* Processing counters from other cpus, we can let bottom half enabled,
+	 * (preemption is disabled)
+	 */
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		if (cpu == curcpu)
@@ -741,7 +743,7 @@ static void get_counters(const struct xt_table_info *t,
 		}
 		xt_info_wrunlock(cpu);
 	}
-	local_bh_enable();
+	put_cpu();
 }
 
 static struct xt_counters *alloc_counters(const struct xt_table *table)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
index 3c584a6765b07b49d755b83eb2dfce436c08b101..c439721b165a6369acd1bd2ea1d64d4b0580b1bb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ get_counters(const struct xt_table_info *t,
 	struct ipt_entry *iter;
 	unsigned int cpu;
 	unsigned int i;
-	unsigned int curcpu;
+	unsigned int curcpu = get_cpu();
 
 	/* Instead of clearing (by a previous call to memset())
 	 * the counters and using adds, we set the counters
@@ -894,14 +894,16 @@ get_counters(const struct xt_table_info *t,
 	 * if new softirq were to run and call ipt_do_table
 	 */
 	local_bh_disable();
-	curcpu = smp_processor_id();
-
 	i = 0;
 	xt_entry_foreach(iter, t->entries[curcpu], t->size) {
 		SET_COUNTER(counters[i], iter->counters.bcnt,
 			    iter->counters.pcnt);
 		++i;
 	}
+	local_bh_enable();
+	/* Processing counters from other cpus, we can let bottom half enabled,
+	 * (preemption is disabled)
+	 */
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		if (cpu == curcpu)
@@ -915,7 +917,7 @@ get_counters(const struct xt_table_info *t,
 		}
 		xt_info_wrunlock(cpu);
 	}
-	local_bh_enable();
+	put_cpu();
 }
 
 static struct xt_counters *alloc_counters(const struct xt_table *table)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
index 33113c1ea02f787d595c96ba81a036c7850419b3..5359ef4daac5230e4c691c2100d8016dcb69e102 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ get_counters(const struct xt_table_info *t,
 	struct ip6t_entry *iter;
 	unsigned int cpu;
 	unsigned int i;
-	unsigned int curcpu;
+	unsigned int curcpu = get_cpu();
 
 	/* Instead of clearing (by a previous call to memset())
 	 * the counters and using adds, we set the counters
@@ -907,14 +907,16 @@ get_counters(const struct xt_table_info *t,
 	 * if new softirq were to run and call ipt_do_table
 	 */
 	local_bh_disable();
-	curcpu = smp_processor_id();
-
 	i = 0;
 	xt_entry_foreach(iter, t->entries[curcpu], t->size) {
 		SET_COUNTER(counters[i], iter->counters.bcnt,
 			    iter->counters.pcnt);
 		++i;
 	}
+	local_bh_enable();
+	/* Processing counters from other cpus, we can let bottom half enabled,
+	 * (preemption is disabled)
+	 */
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		if (cpu == curcpu)
@@ -928,7 +930,7 @@ get_counters(const struct xt_table_info *t,
 		}
 		xt_info_wrunlock(cpu);
 	}
-	local_bh_enable();
+	put_cpu();
 }
 
 static struct xt_counters *alloc_counters(const struct xt_table *table)