diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index 05330fc5b436034aa1b361934e2180bd96266938..5c52fa43785c905f50dc78df6e5795bd54ee6da7 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -735,6 +735,9 @@ extern void rtnl_lock(void);
 extern void rtnl_unlock(void);
 extern int rtnl_trylock(void);
 extern int rtnl_is_locked(void);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING
+extern int lockdep_rtnl_is_held(void);
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING */
 
 extern void rtnetlink_init(void);
 extern void __rtnl_unlock(void);
diff --git a/include/net/addrconf.h b/include/net/addrconf.h
index 0f7c37825fc146ae6a8ceee0ce269af3b4ef65eb..45375b41a2a0d44e62a370813ab4fdcbe046e3b3 100644
--- a/include/net/addrconf.h
+++ b/include/net/addrconf.h
@@ -177,7 +177,9 @@ extern int unregister_inet6addr_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
 static inline struct inet6_dev *
 __in6_dev_get(struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	return rcu_dereference(dev->ip6_ptr);
+	return rcu_dereference_check(dev->ip6_ptr,
+				     rcu_read_lock_held() ||
+				     lockdep_rtnl_is_held());
 }
 
 static inline struct inet6_dev *
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ec874218b20638887a54140ee3612f50659743b1..bb1f1da2b8a7bff45c9ac95515ebd10e7bec2145 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2041,7 +2041,7 @@ gso:
 	rcu_read_lock_bh();
 
 	txq = dev_pick_tx(dev, skb);
-	q = rcu_dereference(txq->qdisc);
+	q = rcu_dereference_bh(txq->qdisc);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT
 	skb->tc_verd = SET_TC_AT(skb->tc_verd, AT_EGRESS);
diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index 08db7b9143a35709f61babe2932e5d7ff6754cea..3541aa48d21d9a8e575f67fba50d5988e73f7533 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ int sk_filter(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		return err;
 
 	rcu_read_lock_bh();
-	filter = rcu_dereference(sk->sk_filter);
+	filter = rcu_dereference_bh(sk->sk_filter);
 	if (filter) {
 		unsigned int pkt_len = sk_run_filter(skb, filter->insns,
 				filter->len);
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ int sk_attach_filter(struct sock_fprog *fprog, struct sock *sk)
 	}
 
 	rcu_read_lock_bh();
-	old_fp = rcu_dereference(sk->sk_filter);
+	old_fp = rcu_dereference_bh(sk->sk_filter);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(sk->sk_filter, fp);
 	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
 
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ int sk_detach_filter(struct sock *sk)
 	struct sk_filter *filter;
 
 	rcu_read_lock_bh();
-	filter = rcu_dereference(sk->sk_filter);
+	filter = rcu_dereference_bh(sk->sk_filter);
 	if (filter) {
 		rcu_assign_pointer(sk->sk_filter, NULL);
 		sk_filter_delayed_uncharge(sk, filter);
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 794bcb897ff000eeff119df41e72864958b304d3..4c7d3f635ba7ab97dbc76b55f000ccb398bd2dbc 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ int rtnl_is_locked(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_is_locked);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING
+int lockdep_rtnl_is_held(void)
+{
+	return lockdep_is_held(&rtnl_mutex);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(lockdep_rtnl_is_held);
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING */
+
 static struct rtnl_link *rtnl_msg_handlers[NPROTO];
 
 static inline int rtm_msgindex(int msgtype)
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index e1f6f225f012eaa513ba556c8833fb85a5b5f575..305cba401ae6bcd298e1b10004e536eebb3a9107 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1073,7 +1073,8 @@ static void __sk_free(struct sock *sk)
 	if (sk->sk_destruct)
 		sk->sk_destruct(sk);
 
-	filter = rcu_dereference(sk->sk_filter);
+	filter = rcu_dereference_check(sk->sk_filter,
+				       atomic_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc) == 0);
 	if (filter) {
 		sk_filter_uncharge(sk, filter);
 		rcu_assign_pointer(sk->sk_filter, NULL);
diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_route.c b/net/decnet/dn_route.c
index a03284061a3191e0019e6a32cd4c340019853c16..a7bf03ca0a36a7566c3e3c8c934f819131b34ea0 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_route.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_route.c
@@ -1155,8 +1155,8 @@ static int __dn_route_output_key(struct dst_entry **pprt, const struct flowi *fl
 
 	if (!(flags & MSG_TRYHARD)) {
 		rcu_read_lock_bh();
-		for(rt = rcu_dereference(dn_rt_hash_table[hash].chain); rt;
-			rt = rcu_dereference(rt->u.dst.dn_next)) {
+		for (rt = rcu_dereference_bh(dn_rt_hash_table[hash].chain); rt;
+			rt = rcu_dereference_bh(rt->u.dst.dn_next)) {
 			if ((flp->fld_dst == rt->fl.fld_dst) &&
 			    (flp->fld_src == rt->fl.fld_src) &&
 			    (flp->mark == rt->fl.mark) &&
@@ -1618,9 +1618,9 @@ int dn_cache_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 		if (h > s_h)
 			s_idx = 0;
 		rcu_read_lock_bh();
-		for(rt = rcu_dereference(dn_rt_hash_table[h].chain), idx = 0;
+		for(rt = rcu_dereference_bh(dn_rt_hash_table[h].chain), idx = 0;
 			rt;
-			rt = rcu_dereference(rt->u.dst.dn_next), idx++) {
+			rt = rcu_dereference_bh(rt->u.dst.dn_next), idx++) {
 			if (idx < s_idx)
 				continue;
 			skb_dst_set(skb, dst_clone(&rt->u.dst));
@@ -1654,12 +1654,12 @@ static struct dn_route *dn_rt_cache_get_first(struct seq_file *seq)
 
 	for(s->bucket = dn_rt_hash_mask; s->bucket >= 0; --s->bucket) {
 		rcu_read_lock_bh();
-		rt = dn_rt_hash_table[s->bucket].chain;
+		rt = rcu_dereference_bh(dn_rt_hash_table[s->bucket].chain);
 		if (rt)
 			break;
 		rcu_read_unlock_bh();
 	}
-	return rcu_dereference(rt);
+	return rt;
 }
 
 static struct dn_route *dn_rt_cache_get_next(struct seq_file *seq, struct dn_route *rt)
@@ -1674,7 +1674,7 @@ static struct dn_route *dn_rt_cache_get_next(struct seq_file *seq, struct dn_rou
 		rcu_read_lock_bh();
 		rt = dn_rt_hash_table[s->bucket].chain;
 	}
-	return rcu_dereference(rt);
+	return rcu_dereference_bh(rt);
 }
 
 static void *dn_rt_cache_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index d62b05d33384081b2a5e696f3e68f96967cf5595..4f11faa5c82496294a7be672c64ab3ecf433a227 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -287,12 +287,12 @@ static struct rtable *rt_cache_get_first(struct seq_file *seq)
 		if (!rt_hash_table[st->bucket].chain)
 			continue;
 		rcu_read_lock_bh();
-		r = rcu_dereference(rt_hash_table[st->bucket].chain);
+		r = rcu_dereference_bh(rt_hash_table[st->bucket].chain);
 		while (r) {
 			if (dev_net(r->u.dst.dev) == seq_file_net(seq) &&
 			    r->rt_genid == st->genid)
 				return r;
-			r = rcu_dereference(r->u.dst.rt_next);
+			r = rcu_dereference_bh(r->u.dst.rt_next);
 		}
 		rcu_read_unlock_bh();
 	}
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ static struct rtable *__rt_cache_get_next(struct seq_file *seq,
 		rcu_read_lock_bh();
 		r = rt_hash_table[st->bucket].chain;
 	}
-	return rcu_dereference(r);
+	return rcu_dereference_bh(r);
 }
 
 static struct rtable *rt_cache_get_next(struct seq_file *seq,
@@ -2689,8 +2689,8 @@ int __ip_route_output_key(struct net *net, struct rtable **rp,
 	hash = rt_hash(flp->fl4_dst, flp->fl4_src, flp->oif, rt_genid(net));
 
 	rcu_read_lock_bh();
-	for (rth = rcu_dereference(rt_hash_table[hash].chain); rth;
-		rth = rcu_dereference(rth->u.dst.rt_next)) {
+	for (rth = rcu_dereference_bh(rt_hash_table[hash].chain); rth;
+		rth = rcu_dereference_bh(rth->u.dst.rt_next)) {
 		if (rth->fl.fl4_dst == flp->fl4_dst &&
 		    rth->fl.fl4_src == flp->fl4_src &&
 		    rth->fl.iif == 0 &&
@@ -3008,8 +3008,8 @@ int ip_rt_dump(struct sk_buff *skb,  struct netlink_callback *cb)
 		if (!rt_hash_table[h].chain)
 			continue;
 		rcu_read_lock_bh();
-		for (rt = rcu_dereference(rt_hash_table[h].chain), idx = 0; rt;
-		     rt = rcu_dereference(rt->u.dst.rt_next), idx++) {
+		for (rt = rcu_dereference_bh(rt_hash_table[h].chain), idx = 0; rt;
+		     rt = rcu_dereference_bh(rt->u.dst.rt_next), idx++) {
 			if (!net_eq(dev_net(rt->u.dst.dev), net) || idx < s_idx)
 				continue;
 			if (rt_is_expired(rt))
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index f126d18dbdc481598fcd4de58c74fd434b0a18f9..939471ef8d5082bd8880ff3153270b488954de16 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ static inline unsigned int run_filter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sock *sk,
 	struct sk_filter *filter;
 
 	rcu_read_lock_bh();
-	filter = rcu_dereference(sk->sk_filter);
+	filter = rcu_dereference_bh(sk->sk_filter);
 	if (filter != NULL)
 		res = sk_run_filter(skb, filter->insns, filter->len);
 	rcu_read_unlock_bh();