diff --git a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
index b22b2775a0a5ff706c17ea06c39c9bb092da1f9a..c61d5b0b24d27be7d9d962cb4b15de890fed1803 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c
@@ -572,8 +572,7 @@ void batadv_hardif_disable_interface(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface,
 	struct batadv_priv *bat_priv = netdev_priv(hard_iface->soft_iface);
 	struct batadv_hard_iface *primary_if = NULL;
 
-	if (hard_iface->if_status == BATADV_IF_ACTIVE)
-		batadv_hardif_deactivate_interface(hard_iface);
+	batadv_hardif_deactivate_interface(hard_iface);
 
 	if (hard_iface->if_status != BATADV_IF_INACTIVE)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/originator.c b/net/batman-adv/originator.c
index e4cbb0753e37ff6681a20e8912df1f4ad1e74a05..d52f67a0c057230b4b1dfa66d43594d7f30625ee 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/originator.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/originator.c
@@ -663,6 +663,7 @@ batadv_neigh_node_new(struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
 	ether_addr_copy(neigh_node->addr, neigh_addr);
 	neigh_node->if_incoming = hard_iface;
 	neigh_node->orig_node = orig_node;
+	neigh_node->last_seen = jiffies;
 
 	/* extra reference for return */
 	kref_init(&neigh_node->refcount);
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/routing.c b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
index 4dd646a52f1a16ca297a3cdb1abeff56206df166..b781bf75325061a5157c54bc976d1df1a522e0bd 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/routing.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
@@ -105,6 +105,15 @@ static void _batadv_update_route(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		neigh_node = NULL;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&orig_node->neigh_list_lock);
+	/* curr_router used earlier may not be the current orig_ifinfo->router
+	 * anymore because it was dereferenced outside of the neigh_list_lock
+	 * protected region. After the new best neighbor has replace the current
+	 * best neighbor the reference counter needs to decrease. Consequently,
+	 * the code needs to ensure the curr_router variable contains a pointer
+	 * to the replaced best neighbor.
+	 */
+	curr_router = rcu_dereference_protected(orig_ifinfo->router, true);
+
 	rcu_assign_pointer(orig_ifinfo->router, neigh_node);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&orig_node->neigh_list_lock);
 	batadv_orig_ifinfo_put(orig_ifinfo);
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/send.c b/net/batman-adv/send.c
index 3ce06e0a91b1c125cdf5ff594db57529a2deaacf..76417850d3fcbb6ddf5d6f15c822cebdda4912da 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/send.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/send.c
@@ -675,6 +675,9 @@ batadv_purge_outstanding_packets(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
 		if (pending) {
 			hlist_del(&forw_packet->list);
+			if (!forw_packet->own)
+				atomic_inc(&bat_priv->bcast_queue_left);
+
 			batadv_forw_packet_free(forw_packet);
 		}
 	}
@@ -702,6 +705,9 @@ batadv_purge_outstanding_packets(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
 		if (pending) {
 			hlist_del(&forw_packet->list);
+			if (!forw_packet->own)
+				atomic_inc(&bat_priv->batman_queue_left);
+
 			batadv_forw_packet_free(forw_packet);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
index 0710379491bffc0627c35f0ed5ba6bbf535bb1bb..8a136b6a1ff06165b7e7c257fd8b00847fbf3065 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
@@ -408,11 +408,17 @@ void batadv_interface_rx(struct net_device *soft_iface,
 	 */
 	nf_reset(skb);
 
+	if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb, ETH_HLEN)))
+		goto dropped;
+
 	vid = batadv_get_vid(skb, 0);
 	ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb);
 
 	switch (ntohs(ethhdr->h_proto)) {
 	case ETH_P_8021Q:
+		if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, VLAN_ETH_HLEN))
+			goto dropped;
+
 		vhdr = (struct vlan_ethhdr *)skb->data;
 
 		if (vhdr->h_vlan_encapsulated_proto != ethertype)
@@ -424,8 +430,6 @@ void batadv_interface_rx(struct net_device *soft_iface,
 	}
 
 	/* skb->dev & skb->pkt_type are set here */
-	if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb, ETH_HLEN)))
-		goto dropped;
 	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, soft_iface);
 
 	/* should not be necessary anymore as we use skb_pull_rcsum()