diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 57a5d48acee8..01ed22139ac2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -1365,8 +1365,6 @@ int fib_dump_info(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq, int event,
 	    nla_put_in_addr(skb, RTA_PREFSRC, fi->fib_prefsrc))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	if (fi->fib_nhs == 1) {
-		struct in_device *in_dev;
-
 		if (fi->fib_nh->nh_gw &&
 		    nla_put_in_addr(skb, RTA_GATEWAY, fi->fib_nh->nh_gw))
 			goto nla_put_failure;
@@ -1374,10 +1372,14 @@ int fib_dump_info(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq, int event,
 		    nla_put_u32(skb, RTA_OIF, fi->fib_nh->nh_oif))
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 		if (fi->fib_nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN) {
-			in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(fi->fib_nh->nh_dev);
+			struct in_device *in_dev;
+
+			rcu_read_lock();
+			in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(fi->fib_nh->nh_dev);
 			if (in_dev &&
 			    IN_DEV_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN(in_dev))
 				rtm->rtm_flags |= RTNH_F_DEAD;
+			rcu_read_unlock();
 		}
 		if (fi->fib_nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_OFFLOAD)
 			rtm->rtm_flags |= RTNH_F_OFFLOAD;
@@ -1400,18 +1402,20 @@ int fib_dump_info(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq, int event,
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 
 		for_nexthops(fi) {
-			struct in_device *in_dev;
-
 			rtnh = nla_reserve_nohdr(skb, sizeof(*rtnh));
 			if (!rtnh)
 				goto nla_put_failure;
 
 			rtnh->rtnh_flags = nh->nh_flags & 0xFF;
 			if (nh->nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN) {
-				in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(nh->nh_dev);
+				struct in_device *in_dev;
+
+				rcu_read_lock();
+				in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(nh->nh_dev);
 				if (in_dev &&
 				    IN_DEV_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN(in_dev))
 					rtnh->rtnh_flags |= RTNH_F_DEAD;
+				rcu_read_unlock();
 			}
 			rtnh->rtnh_hops = nh->nh_weight - 1;
 			rtnh->rtnh_ifindex = nh->nh_oif;