diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
index 48407569585da8b44db8ee089e96fdf53c7469de..6e6f678aaac71a2716edd574151c2aa61d84976d 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
@@ -224,6 +224,9 @@ extern s32 (*nf_ct_nat_offset)(const struct nf_conn *ct,
 			       enum ip_conntrack_dir dir,
 			       u32 seq);
 
+/* Set all unconfirmed conntrack as dying */
+void nf_ct_unconfirmed_destroy(struct net *);
+
 /* Iterate over all conntracks: if iter returns true, it's deleted. */
 void nf_ct_iterate_cleanup_net(struct net *net,
 			       int (*iter)(struct nf_conn *i, void *data),
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index c6f1cf0bff569416f350f15e8d5b2848f2ee29d0..80ab4e937765d679b3ecd349fc81ae61b0b9c2cc 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -1686,6 +1686,17 @@ __nf_ct_unconfirmed_destroy(struct net *net)
 	}
 }
 
+void nf_ct_unconfirmed_destroy(struct net *net)
+{
+	might_sleep();
+
+	if (atomic_read(&net->ct.count) > 0) {
+		__nf_ct_unconfirmed_destroy(net);
+		synchronize_net();
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_unconfirmed_destroy);
+
 void nf_ct_iterate_cleanup_net(struct net *net,
 			       int (*iter)(struct nf_conn *i, void *data),
 			       void *data, u32 portid, int report)
@@ -1697,14 +1708,10 @@ void nf_ct_iterate_cleanup_net(struct net *net,
 	if (atomic_read(&net->ct.count) == 0)
 		return;
 
-	__nf_ct_unconfirmed_destroy(net);
-
 	d.iter = iter;
 	d.data = data;
 	d.net = net;
 
-	synchronize_net();
-
 	nf_ct_iterate_cleanup(iter_net_only, &d, portid, report);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_iterate_cleanup_net);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
index 7ce9e86d374c23f088a99cc38c5354bb6f8d58da..f4fb6d4dd0b9fe4c88240d2521ac992cf397650e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
@@ -570,6 +570,7 @@ static void __net_exit cttimeout_net_exit(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct ctnl_timeout *cur, *tmp;
 
+	nf_ct_unconfirmed_destroy(net);
 	ctnl_untimeout(net, NULL);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(cur, tmp, &net->nfct_timeout_list, head) {