1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index a8919c217cc2..08e0390e001c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -916,9 +916,7 @@ static void fib6_drop_pcpu_from(struct fib6_info *f6i,
                 if (pcpu_rt) {
                         struct fib6_info *from;
 
-                        from = rcu_dereference_protected(pcpu_rt->from,
-                                             lockdep_is_held(&table->tb6_lock));
-                        rcu_assign_pointer(pcpu_rt->from, NULL);
+                        from = xchg((__force struct fib6_info **)&pcpu_rt->from, NULL);
                         fib6_info_release(from);
                 }
         }