3 files changed, 20 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index fbd462c78e18..5f8db5cab65d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -700,11 +700,7 @@ static int ieee80211_del_station(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
                         return -ENOENT;
 
                 sta_info_unlink(&sta);
-
-                if (sta) {
-                        synchronize_rcu();
-                        sta_info_destroy(sta);
-                }
+                sta_info_destroy(sta);
         } else
                 sta_info_flush(local, sdata);
 
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c
index 00fde111c268..c5a47f8d873a 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c
@@ -939,7 +939,6 @@ static void ieee80211_associated(struct net_device *dev,
         rcu_read_unlock();
 
         if (disassoc && sta) {
-                synchronize_rcu();
                 rtnl_lock();
                 sta_info_destroy(sta);
                 rtnl_unlock();
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
index 5497ca1843fe..dfca96e05d69 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
@@ -180,13 +180,22 @@ void sta_info_destroy(struct sta_info *sta)
                 mesh_plink_deactivate(sta);
 #endif
 
-        /*
-         * NOTE: This will call synchronize_rcu() internally to
-         * make sure no key references can be in use. We rely on
-         * that here for the mesh code!
-         */
-        ieee80211_key_free(sta->key);
-        WARN_ON(sta->key);
+        if (sta->key) {
+                /*
+                 * NOTE: This will call synchronize_rcu() internally to
+                 * make sure no key references can be in use. We rely on
+                 * that when we take this branch to make sure nobody can
+                 * reference this STA struct any longer!
+                 */
+                ieee80211_key_free(sta->key);
+                WARN_ON(sta->key);
+        } else {
+                /*
+                 * Make sure that nobody can reference this STA struct
+                 * any longer.
+                 */
+                synchronize_rcu();
+        }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH
         if (ieee80211_vif_is_mesh(&sta->sdata->vif))
@@ -628,11 +637,9 @@ static void sta_info_debugfs_add_work(struct work_struct *work)
                 rate_control_add_sta_debugfs(sta);
 
                 sta = __sta_info_unpin(sta);
-
-                if (sta) {
-                        synchronize_rcu();
-                        sta_info_destroy(sta);
-                }
+                rtnl_lock();
+                sta_info_destroy(sta);
+                rtnl_unlock();
         }
 }
 #endif
@@ -694,8 +701,6 @@ int sta_info_flush(struct ieee80211_local *local,
         }
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->sta_lock, flags);
 
-        synchronize_rcu();
-
         list_for_each_entry_safe(sta, tmp, &tmp_list, list)
                 sta_info_destroy(sta);