diff --git a/include/net/ip_fib.h b/include/net/ip_fib.h
index 9922093f575e20fa2e53a903a68da7773469c600..f30fd554127e645a17248888e5324f7d002ae1e9 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_fib.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct fib_nh {
 	int			nh_saddr_genid;
 	struct rtable __rcu * __percpu *nh_pcpu_rth_output;
 	struct rtable __rcu	*nh_rth_input;
-	struct fnhe_hash_bucket	*nh_exceptions;
+	struct fnhe_hash_bucket	__rcu *nh_exceptions;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index b10cd43a4722730205272d7822d699bc49ea71d3..5b6efb3d2308b0b40b22da7274ad611c4f3d0158 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -157,9 +157,12 @@ static void rt_fibinfo_free(struct rtable __rcu **rtp)
 
 static void free_nh_exceptions(struct fib_nh *nh)
 {
-	struct fnhe_hash_bucket *hash = nh->nh_exceptions;
+	struct fnhe_hash_bucket *hash;
 	int i;
 
+	hash = rcu_dereference_protected(nh->nh_exceptions, 1);
+	if (!hash)
+		return;
 	for (i = 0; i < FNHE_HASH_SIZE; i++) {
 		struct fib_nh_exception *fnhe;
 
@@ -205,8 +208,7 @@ static void free_fib_info_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
 	change_nexthops(fi) {
 		if (nexthop_nh->nh_dev)
 			dev_put(nexthop_nh->nh_dev);
-		if (nexthop_nh->nh_exceptions)
-			free_nh_exceptions(nexthop_nh);
+		free_nh_exceptions(nexthop_nh);
 		rt_fibinfo_free_cpus(nexthop_nh->nh_pcpu_rth_output);
 		rt_fibinfo_free(&nexthop_nh->nh_rth_input);
 	} endfor_nexthops(fi);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index eaa4b000c7b443898be7c5ce36f4da4eb20158a6..44b0cbdd76f1438c05a6963c9781377b7129bb1e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -628,12 +628,12 @@ static void update_or_create_fnhe(struct fib_nh *nh, __be32 daddr, __be32 gw,
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&fnhe_lock);
 
-	hash = nh->nh_exceptions;
+	hash = rcu_dereference(nh->nh_exceptions);
 	if (!hash) {
 		hash = kzalloc(FNHE_HASH_SIZE * sizeof(*hash), GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!hash)
 			goto out_unlock;
-		nh->nh_exceptions = hash;
+		rcu_assign_pointer(nh->nh_exceptions, hash);
 	}
 
 	hash += hval;
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ static unsigned int ipv4_mtu(const struct dst_entry *dst)
 
 static struct fib_nh_exception *find_exception(struct fib_nh *nh, __be32 daddr)
 {
-	struct fnhe_hash_bucket *hash = nh->nh_exceptions;
+	struct fnhe_hash_bucket *hash = rcu_dereference(nh->nh_exceptions);
 	struct fib_nh_exception *fnhe;
 	u32 hval;