diff --git a/net/ipv4/icmp.c b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
index 5eeb9f569a706cf2766d74bcf1a667c8930804f2..094084b61bff8a17c4e85c99019b84e9cba21599 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ static bool icmpv4_xrlim_allow(struct net *net, struct rtable *rt,
 	struct dst_entry *dst = &rt->dst;
 	struct inet_peer *peer;
 	bool rc = true;
-	int vif;
 
 	if (!apply_ratelimit)
 		return true;
@@ -321,12 +320,12 @@ static bool icmpv4_xrlim_allow(struct net *net, struct rtable *rt,
 	if (dst->dev && (dst->dev->flags&IFF_LOOPBACK))
 		goto out;
 
-	vif = l3mdev_master_ifindex(dst->dev);
-	peer = inet_getpeer_v4(net->ipv4.peers, fl4->daddr, vif);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	peer = inet_getpeer_v4(net->ipv4.peers, fl4->daddr,
+			       l3mdev_master_ifindex_rcu(dst->dev));
 	rc = inet_peer_xrlim_allow(peer,
 				   READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_icmp_ratelimit));
-	if (peer)
-		inet_putpeer(peer);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 out:
 	if (!rc)
 		__ICMP_INC_STATS(net, ICMP_MIB_RATELIMITHOST);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c b/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c
index 28c3ae5bc4a0b62030bd190dbe5284632ea23efd..e02484f4d22b8ea47cbaeed46c5fb0a7411462a1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ static struct inet_peer *lookup(const struct inetpeer_addr *daddr,
 		p = rb_entry(parent, struct inet_peer, rb_node);
 		cmp = inetpeer_addr_cmp(daddr, &p->daddr);
 		if (cmp == 0) {
-			if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&p->refcnt))
-				break;
 			now = jiffies;
 			if (READ_ONCE(p->dtime) != now)
 				WRITE_ONCE(p->dtime, now);
@@ -169,6 +167,7 @@ static void inet_peer_gc(struct inet_peer_base *base,
 	}
 }
 
+/* Must be called under RCU : No refcount change is done here. */
 struct inet_peer *inet_getpeer(struct inet_peer_base *base,
 			       const struct inetpeer_addr *daddr)
 {
@@ -179,10 +178,8 @@ struct inet_peer *inet_getpeer(struct inet_peer_base *base,
 	/* Attempt a lockless lookup first.
 	 * Because of a concurrent writer, we might not find an existing entry.
 	 */
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	seq = read_seqbegin(&base->lock);
 	p = lookup(daddr, base, seq, NULL, &gc_cnt, &parent, &pp);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	if (p)
 		return p;
@@ -200,7 +197,7 @@ struct inet_peer *inet_getpeer(struct inet_peer_base *base,
 		if (p) {
 			p->daddr = *daddr;
 			p->dtime = (__u32)jiffies;
-			refcount_set(&p->refcnt, 2);
+			refcount_set(&p->refcnt, 1);
 			atomic_set(&p->rid, 0);
 			p->metrics[RTAX_LOCK-1] = INETPEER_METRICS_NEW;
 			p->rate_tokens = 0;
@@ -228,7 +225,6 @@ void inet_putpeer(struct inet_peer *p)
 	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&p->refcnt))
 		kfree_rcu(p, rcu);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inet_putpeer);
 
 /*
  *	Check transmit rate limitation for given message.
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c b/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
index 46e1171299f22ccf0b201eabbff5d3279a0703d8..7a435746a22dee9f11c0dc732a8b5a7724f4eea3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
@@ -82,15 +82,20 @@ static int ip_frag_reasm(struct ipq *qp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 static void ip4_frag_init(struct inet_frag_queue *q, const void *a)
 {
 	struct ipq *qp = container_of(q, struct ipq, q);
-	struct net *net = q->fqdir->net;
-
 	const struct frag_v4_compare_key *key = a;
+	struct net *net = q->fqdir->net;
+	struct inet_peer *p = NULL;
 
 	q->key.v4 = *key;
 	qp->ecn = 0;
-	qp->peer = q->fqdir->max_dist ?
-		inet_getpeer_v4(net->ipv4.peers, key->saddr, key->vif) :
-		NULL;
+	if (q->fqdir->max_dist) {
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		p = inet_getpeer_v4(net->ipv4.peers, key->saddr, key->vif);
+		if (p && !refcount_inc_not_zero(&p->refcnt))
+			p = NULL;
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+	}
+	qp->peer = p;
 }
 
 static void ip4_frag_free(struct inet_frag_queue *q)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 297a9939c6e74beffc592dbdd7266281fe842440..9f9d4e6ea1b9287c0d758e9bdf543a92b14974ef 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -870,11 +870,11 @@ void ip_rt_send_redirect(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 	log_martians = IN_DEV_LOG_MARTIANS(in_dev);
 	vif = l3mdev_master_ifindex_rcu(rt->dst.dev);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	net = dev_net(rt->dst.dev);
 	peer = inet_getpeer_v4(net->ipv4.peers, ip_hdr(skb)->saddr, vif);
 	if (!peer) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		icmp_send(skb, ICMP_REDIRECT, ICMP_REDIR_HOST,
 			  rt_nexthop(rt, ip_hdr(skb)->daddr));
 		return;
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ void ip_rt_send_redirect(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	 */
 	if (peer->n_redirects >= ip_rt_redirect_number) {
 		peer->rate_last = jiffies;
-		goto out_put_peer;
+		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
 	/* Check for load limit; set rate_last to the latest sent
@@ -914,8 +914,8 @@ void ip_rt_send_redirect(struct sk_buff *skb)
 					     &ip_hdr(skb)->saddr, inet_iif(skb),
 					     &ip_hdr(skb)->daddr, &gw);
 	}
-out_put_peer:
-	inet_putpeer(peer);
+out_unlock:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static int ip_error(struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -975,9 +975,9 @@ static int ip_error(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	peer = inet_getpeer_v4(net->ipv4.peers, ip_hdr(skb)->saddr,
-			       l3mdev_master_ifindex(skb->dev));
-
+			       l3mdev_master_ifindex_rcu(skb->dev));
 	send = true;
 	if (peer) {
 		now = jiffies;
@@ -989,8 +989,9 @@ static int ip_error(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			peer->rate_tokens -= ip_rt_error_cost;
 		else
 			send = false;
-		inet_putpeer(peer);
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
 	if (send)
 		icmp_send(skb, ICMP_DEST_UNREACH, code, 0);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/icmp.c b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
index 4593e3992c67b84e3a10f30be28762974094d21f..a6984a29fdb9dd972a11ca9f8d5e794c443bac6f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
@@ -222,10 +222,10 @@ static bool icmpv6_xrlim_allow(struct sock *sk, u8 type,
 		if (rt->rt6i_dst.plen < 128)
 			tmo >>= ((128 - rt->rt6i_dst.plen)>>5);
 
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		peer = inet_getpeer_v6(net->ipv6.peers, &fl6->daddr);
 		res = inet_peer_xrlim_allow(peer, tmo);
-		if (peer)
-			inet_putpeer(peer);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 	if (!res)
 		__ICMP6_INC_STATS(net, ip6_dst_idev(dst),
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 2cbcfe70654b5cd90c433a24c47ef5496c604d0d..06cab008b8277f1b6e56541e91fc92f999221ac5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -613,6 +613,7 @@ int ip6_forward(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		else
 			target = &hdr->daddr;
 
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		peer = inet_getpeer_v6(net->ipv6.peers, &hdr->daddr);
 
 		/* Limit redirects both by destination (here)
@@ -620,8 +621,7 @@ int ip6_forward(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		 */
 		if (inet_peer_xrlim_allow(peer, 1*HZ))
 			ndisc_send_redirect(skb, target);
-		if (peer)
-			inet_putpeer(peer);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	} else {
 		int addrtype = ipv6_addr_type(&hdr->saddr);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index f113554d13325453cd04ce4e5686d837943e96ff..d044c67019de6da1eb29dee875cf8cda30210ceb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -1731,10 +1731,12 @@ void ndisc_send_redirect(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct in6_addr *target)
 			  "Redirect: destination is not a neighbour\n");
 		goto release;
 	}
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	peer = inet_getpeer_v6(net->ipv6.peers, &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr);
 	ret = inet_peer_xrlim_allow(peer, 1*HZ);
-	if (peer)
-		inet_putpeer(peer);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
 	if (!ret)
 		goto release;
 
