diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_snmp_basic.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_snmp_basic.c
index c9b52c361da2..5a8f7c360887 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_snmp_basic.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_snmp_basic.c
@@ -1304,6 +1304,7 @@ static int __init nf_nat_snmp_basic_init(void)
 static void __exit nf_nat_snmp_basic_fini(void)
 {
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(nf_nat_snmp_hook, NULL);
+	synchronize_rcu();
 	nf_conntrack_helper_unregister(&snmp_trap_helper);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ecache.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ecache.c
index da9df2d56e66..22fc32143e9c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ecache.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ecache.c
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ void nf_conntrack_unregister_notifier(struct net *net,
 	BUG_ON(notify != new);
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(net->ct.nf_conntrack_event_cb, NULL);
 	mutex_unlock(&nf_ct_ecache_mutex);
+	/* synchronize_rcu() is called from ctnetlink_exit. */
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conntrack_unregister_notifier);
 
@@ -326,6 +327,7 @@ void nf_ct_expect_unregister_notifier(struct net *net,
 	BUG_ON(notify != new);
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(net->ct.nf_expect_event_cb, NULL);
 	mutex_unlock(&nf_ct_ecache_mutex);
+	/* synchronize_rcu() is called from ctnetlink_exit. */
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_expect_unregister_notifier);
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 6806b5e73567..908d858034e4 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -3442,6 +3442,7 @@ static void __exit ctnetlink_exit(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETFILTER_NETLINK_GLUE_CT
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(nfnl_ct_hook, NULL);
 #endif
+	synchronize_rcu();
 }
 
 module_init(ctnetlink_init);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c
index 94b14c5a8b17..82802e4a6640 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c
@@ -903,6 +903,8 @@ static void __exit nf_nat_cleanup(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFRM
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(nf_nat_decode_session_hook, NULL);
 #endif
+	synchronize_rcu();
+
 	for (i = 0; i < NFPROTO_NUMPROTO; i++)
 		kfree(nf_nat_l4protos[i]);
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
index 139e0867e56e..47d6656c9119 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
@@ -646,8 +646,8 @@ static void __exit cttimeout_exit(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_TIMEOUT
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(nf_ct_timeout_find_get_hook, NULL);
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(nf_ct_timeout_put_hook, NULL);
+	synchronize_rcu();
 #endif /* CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_TIMEOUT */
-	rcu_barrier();
 }
 
 module_init(cttimeout_init);