diff --git a/net/batman-adv/main.c b/net/batman-adv/main.c
index 9c620cd3b5f718dbb1025ad7e053f01cbbc55a11..1240f07ad31dc631c5dc941f31bfd541f0205fea 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/main.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/main.c
@@ -163,14 +163,22 @@ void batadv_mesh_free(struct net_device *soft_iface)
 	batadv_vis_quit(bat_priv);
 
 	batadv_gw_node_purge(bat_priv);
-	batadv_originator_free(bat_priv);
 	batadv_nc_free(bat_priv);
+	batadv_dat_free(bat_priv);
+	batadv_bla_free(bat_priv);
 
+	/* Free the TT and the originator tables only after having terminated
+	 * all the other depending components which may use these structures for
+	 * their purposes.
+	 */
 	batadv_tt_free(bat_priv);
 
-	batadv_bla_free(bat_priv);
-
-	batadv_dat_free(bat_priv);
+	/* Since the originator table clean up routine is accessing the TT
+	 * tables as well, it has to be invoked after the TT tables have been
+	 * freed and marked as empty. This ensures that no cleanup RCU callbacks
+	 * accessing the TT data are scheduled for later execution.
+	 */
+	batadv_originator_free(bat_priv);
 
 	free_percpu(bat_priv->bat_counters);