diff --git a/include/linux/rhashtable.h b/include/linux/rhashtable.h
index 9cda293c867dd0c7752bf03a2ae30df044898e51..8c6048e77f294c2cdcf4acf71f9b4efe2761c150 100644
--- a/include/linux/rhashtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/rhashtable.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/rculist.h>
 
 struct rhash_head {
-	struct rhash_head		*next;
+	struct rhash_head __rcu		*next;
 };
 
 #define INIT_HASH_HEAD(ptr) ((ptr)->next = NULL)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ u32 rhashtable_obj_hashfn(const struct rhashtable *ht, void *ptr);
 void rhashtable_insert(struct rhashtable *ht, struct rhash_head *node, gfp_t);
 bool rhashtable_remove(struct rhashtable *ht, struct rhash_head *node, gfp_t);
 void rhashtable_remove_pprev(struct rhashtable *ht, struct rhash_head *obj,
-			     struct rhash_head **pprev, gfp_t flags);
+			     struct rhash_head __rcu **pprev, gfp_t flags);
 
 bool rht_grow_above_75(const struct rhashtable *ht, size_t new_size);
 bool rht_shrink_below_30(const struct rhashtable *ht, size_t new_size);
diff --git a/lib/rhashtable.c b/lib/rhashtable.c
index e6940cf16628275ad7e1a58a7d1103da31f8f7d7..338dd7aa5e1378d72f3888892814d55787189b76 100644
--- a/lib/rhashtable.c
+++ b/lib/rhashtable.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rhashtable_insert);
  * deletion when combined with walking or lookup.
  */
 void rhashtable_remove_pprev(struct rhashtable *ht, struct rhash_head *obj,
-			     struct rhash_head **pprev, gfp_t flags)
+			     struct rhash_head __rcu **pprev, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	struct bucket_table *tbl = rht_dereference(ht->tbl, ht);