diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 4722d4a9b58f2a98ed451ee069b6037931e84090..b72d5a4609031445f37de8ffbebfb7eec33c7311 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ struct net_device {
 		struct pcpu_dstats __percpu	*dstats; /* dummy stats */
 	};
 	/* GARP */
-	struct garp_port	*garp_port;
+	struct garp_port __rcu	*garp_port;
 
 	/* class/net/name entry */
 	struct device		dev;
diff --git a/include/net/garp.h b/include/net/garp.h
index 825f172caba97e607fb3de28d3ba5c4009519419..f4c295984c455782aa9c5512cdc15a3621874937 100644
--- a/include/net/garp.h
+++ b/include/net/garp.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ struct garp_applicant {
 };
 
 struct garp_port {
-	struct garp_applicant	*applicants[GARP_APPLICATION_MAX + 1];
+	struct garp_applicant __rcu	*applicants[GARP_APPLICATION_MAX + 1];
 };
 
 extern int	garp_register_application(struct garp_application *app);
diff --git a/net/802/garp.c b/net/802/garp.c
index 941f2a324d3aed7ef68bb2173eb3f562d49a104a..c1df2dad8c6b58470a51d459bd2263989d1d96f4 100644
--- a/net/802/garp.c
+++ b/net/802/garp.c
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ int garp_request_join(const struct net_device *dev,
 		      const struct garp_application *appl,
 		      const void *data, u8 len, u8 type)
 {
-	struct garp_port *port = dev->garp_port;
-	struct garp_applicant *app = port->applicants[appl->type];
+	struct garp_port *port = rtnl_dereference(dev->garp_port);
+	struct garp_applicant *app = rtnl_dereference(port->applicants[appl->type]);
 	struct garp_attr *attr;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&app->lock);
@@ -366,8 +366,8 @@ void garp_request_leave(const struct net_device *dev,
 			const struct garp_application *appl,
 			const void *data, u8 len, u8 type)
 {
-	struct garp_port *port = dev->garp_port;
-	struct garp_applicant *app = port->applicants[appl->type];
+	struct garp_port *port = rtnl_dereference(dev->garp_port);
+	struct garp_applicant *app = rtnl_dereference(port->applicants[appl->type]);
 	struct garp_attr *attr;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&app->lock);
@@ -546,11 +546,11 @@ static int garp_init_port(struct net_device *dev)
 
 static void garp_release_port(struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	struct garp_port *port = dev->garp_port;
+	struct garp_port *port = rtnl_dereference(dev->garp_port);
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i <= GARP_APPLICATION_MAX; i++) {
-		if (port->applicants[i])
+		if (rtnl_dereference(port->applicants[i]))
 			return;
 	}
 	rcu_assign_pointer(dev->garp_port, NULL);
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ int garp_init_applicant(struct net_device *dev, struct garp_application *appl)
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
-	if (!dev->garp_port) {
+	if (!rtnl_dereference(dev->garp_port)) {
 		err = garp_init_port(dev);
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto err1;
@@ -601,8 +601,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(garp_init_applicant);
 
 void garp_uninit_applicant(struct net_device *dev, struct garp_application *appl)
 {
-	struct garp_port *port = dev->garp_port;
-	struct garp_applicant *app = port->applicants[appl->type];
+	struct garp_port *port = rtnl_dereference(dev->garp_port);
+	struct garp_applicant *app = rtnl_dereference(port->applicants[appl->type]);
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
diff --git a/net/802/stp.c b/net/802/stp.c
index 53c8f77f0ccd1025a7061568b551a1d9631c0dd1..978c30b1b36b5a138eeeb7b9780009686f356d6e 100644
--- a/net/802/stp.c
+++ b/net/802/stp.c
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 #define GARP_ADDR_MAX	0x2F
 #define GARP_ADDR_RANGE	(GARP_ADDR_MAX - GARP_ADDR_MIN)
 
-static const struct stp_proto *garp_protos[GARP_ADDR_RANGE + 1] __read_mostly;
-static const struct stp_proto *stp_proto __read_mostly;
+static const struct stp_proto __rcu *garp_protos[GARP_ADDR_RANGE + 1] __read_mostly;
+static const struct stp_proto __rcu *stp_proto __read_mostly;
 
 static struct llc_sap *sap __read_mostly;
 static unsigned int sap_registered;