diff --git a/include/net/netns/ipv6.h b/include/net/netns/ipv6.h
index f0109b9736489bb3248c434a04a16053c1ed057a..10d0848f5b8aa85b47803506f7a70c2dcd5c1364 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/ipv6.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct netns_ipv6 {
 	struct list_head	fib6_walkers;
 	struct dst_ops		ip6_dst_ops;
 	rwlock_t		fib6_walker_lock;
+	spinlock_t		fib6_gc_lock;
 	unsigned int		 ip6_rt_gc_expire;
 	unsigned long		 ip6_rt_last_gc;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 883f2836beab29a22914786af7979bedd0885c9f..ea071fad67a03e9d884f99ddb64ea71dc8c31116 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -1776,16 +1776,14 @@ static int fib6_age(struct rt6_info *rt, void *arg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(fib6_gc_lock);
-
 void fib6_run_gc(unsigned long expires, struct net *net, bool force)
 {
 	struct fib6_gc_args gc_args;
 	unsigned long now;
 
 	if (force) {
-		spin_lock_bh(&fib6_gc_lock);
-	} else if (!spin_trylock_bh(&fib6_gc_lock)) {
+		spin_lock_bh(&net->ipv6.fib6_gc_lock);
+	} else if (!spin_trylock_bh(&net->ipv6.fib6_gc_lock)) {
 		mod_timer(&net->ipv6.ip6_fib_timer, jiffies + HZ);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1804,7 +1802,7 @@ void fib6_run_gc(unsigned long expires, struct net *net, bool force)
 					+ net->ipv6.sysctl.ip6_rt_gc_interval));
 	else
 		del_timer(&net->ipv6.ip6_fib_timer);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&fib6_gc_lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&net->ipv6.fib6_gc_lock);
 }
 
 static void fib6_gc_timer_cb(unsigned long arg)
@@ -1816,6 +1814,7 @@ static int __net_init fib6_net_init(struct net *net)
 {
 	size_t size = sizeof(struct hlist_head) * FIB6_TABLE_HASHSZ;
 
+	spin_lock_init(&net->ipv6.fib6_gc_lock);
 	rwlock_init(&net->ipv6.fib6_walker_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&net->ipv6.fib6_walkers);
 	setup_timer(&net->ipv6.ip6_fib_timer, fib6_gc_timer_cb, (unsigned long)net);