diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index 64d12e77719afd26b95333a8a145b50301cef440..988c9f28f0fc86046e17055c4908fbe2f54b9277 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ struct ipv6_txoptions {
 };
 
 struct ip6_flowlabel {
-	struct ip6_flowlabel	*next;
+	struct ip6_flowlabel __rcu *next;
 	__be32			label;
 	atomic_t		users;
 	struct in6_addr		dst;
@@ -238,9 +238,9 @@ struct ip6_flowlabel {
 #define IPV6_FLOWLABEL_MASK	cpu_to_be32(0x000FFFFF)
 
 struct ipv6_fl_socklist {
-	struct ipv6_fl_socklist	*next;
-	struct ip6_flowlabel	*fl;
-	struct rcu_head		rcu;
+	struct ipv6_fl_socklist	__rcu	*next;
+	struct ip6_flowlabel		*fl;
+	struct rcu_head			rcu;
 };
 
 extern struct ip6_flowlabel	*fl6_sock_lookup(struct sock *sk, __be32 label);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
index b973ed3d06cf6b3302190b59e69d46c30b1d2ae3..46e88433ec7d229550eecadc29f8eacc139fe5b2 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ static void ip6_fl_gc(unsigned long dummy)
 	spin_lock(&ip6_fl_lock);
 
 	for (i=0; i<=FL_HASH_MASK; i++) {
-		struct ip6_flowlabel *fl, **flp;
+		struct ip6_flowlabel *fl;
+		struct ip6_flowlabel __rcu **flp;
+
 		flp = &fl_ht[i];
 		while ((fl = rcu_dereference_protected(*flp,
 						       lockdep_is_held(&ip6_fl_lock))) != NULL) {
@@ -179,7 +181,9 @@ static void __net_exit ip6_fl_purge(struct net *net)
 
 	spin_lock(&ip6_fl_lock);
 	for (i = 0; i <= FL_HASH_MASK; i++) {
-		struct ip6_flowlabel *fl, **flp;
+		struct ip6_flowlabel *fl;
+		struct ip6_flowlabel __rcu **flp;
+
 		flp = &fl_ht[i];
 		while ((fl = rcu_dereference_protected(*flp,
 						       lockdep_is_held(&ip6_fl_lock))) != NULL) {
@@ -506,7 +510,8 @@ int ipv6_flowlabel_opt(struct sock *sk, char __user *optval, int optlen)
 	struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
 	struct in6_flowlabel_req freq;
 	struct ipv6_fl_socklist *sfl1=NULL;
-	struct ipv6_fl_socklist *sfl, **sflp;
+	struct ipv6_fl_socklist *sfl;
+	struct ipv6_fl_socklist __rcu **sflp;
 	struct ip6_flowlabel *fl, *fl1 = NULL;