diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 6591440cc03d..13e6447f0398 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3313,6 +3313,7 @@ int netdev_rx_handler_register(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (dev->rx_handler)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
+	/* Note: rx_handler_data must be set before rx_handler */
 	rcu_assign_pointer(dev->rx_handler_data, rx_handler_data);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(dev->rx_handler, rx_handler);
 
@@ -3333,6 +3334,11 @@ void netdev_rx_handler_unregister(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->rx_handler, NULL);
+	/* a reader seeing a non NULL rx_handler in a rcu_read_lock()
+	 * section has a guarantee to see a non NULL rx_handler_data
+	 * as well.
+	 */
+	synchronize_net();
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->rx_handler_data, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(netdev_rx_handler_unregister);