diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index b6ef9a04de06f411b844b055102b12ca49877707..a75864d93142153bfff4ab765620e10bcfab3e96 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ int unregister_tcf_proto_ops(struct tcf_proto_ops *ops)
 	struct tcf_proto_ops *t;
 	int rc = -ENOENT;
 
+	/* Wait for outstanding call_rcu()s, if any, from a
+	 * tcf_proto_ops's destroy() handler.
+	 */
+	rcu_barrier();
+
 	write_lock(&cls_mod_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(t, &tcf_proto_base, head) {
 		if (t == ops) {