diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index eaa4b00..44b0cbd 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -628,12 +628,12 @@
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&fnhe_lock);
 
-	hash = nh->nh_exceptions;
+	hash = rcu_dereference(nh->nh_exceptions);
 	if (!hash) {
 		hash = kzalloc(FNHE_HASH_SIZE * sizeof(*hash), GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!hash)
 			goto out_unlock;
-		nh->nh_exceptions = hash;
+		rcu_assign_pointer(nh->nh_exceptions, hash);
 	}
 
 	hash += hval;
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@
 
 static struct fib_nh_exception *find_exception(struct fib_nh *nh, __be32 daddr)
 {
-	struct fnhe_hash_bucket *hash = nh->nh_exceptions;
+	struct fnhe_hash_bucket *hash = rcu_dereference(nh->nh_exceptions);
 	struct fib_nh_exception *fnhe;
 	u32 hval;