diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index 05ecaefeb632..780754b9cbcd 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static inline bool fib6_get_cookie_safe(const struct fib6_info *f6i,
 	fn = rcu_dereference(f6i->fib6_node);
 
 	if (fn) {
-		*cookie = fn->fn_sernum;
+		*cookie = READ_ONCE(fn->fn_sernum);
 		/* pairs with smp_wmb() in fib6_update_sernum_upto_root() */
 		smp_rmb();
 		status = true;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 9a6f66e0e9a2..ef55489651f8 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ void fib6_update_sernum(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *f6i)
 	fn = rcu_dereference_protected(f6i->fib6_node,
 			lockdep_is_held(&f6i->fib6_table->tb6_lock));
 	if (fn)
-		fn->fn_sernum = fib6_new_sernum(net);
+		WRITE_ONCE(fn->fn_sernum, fib6_new_sernum(net));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -535,12 +535,13 @@ static int fib6_dump_table(struct fib6_table *table, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		spin_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
 		if (res > 0) {
 			cb->args[4] = 1;
-			cb->args[5] = w->root->fn_sernum;
+			cb->args[5] = READ_ONCE(w->root->fn_sernum);
 		}
 	} else {
-		if (cb->args[5] != w->root->fn_sernum) {
+		int sernum = READ_ONCE(w->root->fn_sernum);
+		if (cb->args[5] != sernum) {
 			/* Begin at the root if the tree changed */
-			cb->args[5] = w->root->fn_sernum;
+			cb->args[5] = sernum;
 			w->state = FWS_INIT;
 			w->node = w->root;
 			w->skip = w->count;
@@ -1276,7 +1277,7 @@ static void __fib6_update_sernum_upto_root(struct fib6_info *rt,
 	/* paired with smp_rmb() in rt6_get_cookie_safe() */
 	smp_wmb();
 	while (fn) {
-		fn->fn_sernum = sernum;
+		WRITE_ONCE(fn->fn_sernum, sernum);
 		fn = rcu_dereference_protected(fn->parent,
 				lockdep_is_held(&rt->fib6_table->tb6_lock));
 	}
@@ -2068,8 +2069,8 @@ static int fib6_clean_node(struct fib6_walker *w)
 	};
 
 	if (c->sernum != FIB6_NO_SERNUM_CHANGE &&
-	    w->node->fn_sernum != c->sernum)
-		w->node->fn_sernum = c->sernum;
+	    READ_ONCE(w->node->fn_sernum) != c->sernum)
+		WRITE_ONCE(w->node->fn_sernum, c->sernum);
 
 	if (!c->func) {
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(c->sernum == FIB6_NO_SERNUM_CHANGE);
@@ -2433,7 +2434,7 @@ static void ipv6_route_seq_setup_walk(struct ipv6_route_iter *iter,
 	iter->w.state = FWS_INIT;
 	iter->w.node = iter->w.root;
 	iter->w.args = iter;
-	iter->sernum = iter->w.root->fn_sernum;
+	iter->sernum = READ_ONCE(iter->w.root->fn_sernum);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&iter->w.lh);
 	fib6_walker_link(net, &iter->w);
 }
@@ -2461,8 +2462,10 @@ static struct fib6_table *ipv6_route_seq_next_table(struct fib6_table *tbl,
 
 static void ipv6_route_check_sernum(struct ipv6_route_iter *iter)
 {
-	if (iter->sernum != iter->w.root->fn_sernum) {
-		iter->sernum = iter->w.root->fn_sernum;
+	int sernum = READ_ONCE(iter->w.root->fn_sernum);
+
+	if (iter->sernum != sernum) {
+		iter->sernum = sernum;
 		iter->w.state = FWS_INIT;
 		iter->w.node = iter->w.root;
 		WARN_ON(iter->w.skip);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 5ef6e27e026e..2a13394ab854 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2697,7 +2697,7 @@ static void ip6_link_failure(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			if (from) {
 				fn = rcu_dereference(from->fib6_node);
 				if (fn && (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_DEFAULT))
-					fn->fn_sernum = -1;
+					WRITE_ONCE(fn->fn_sernum, -1);
 			}
 		}
 		rcu_read_unlock();