diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 07b7fcd60d808a33f9e6fff208c07fe412da8c7e..173cae485de1981e7c7f6b12cd545dfe1dfff3af 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1730,8 +1730,8 @@ sk_dst_get(struct sock *sk)
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	dst = rcu_dereference(sk->sk_dst_cache);
-	if (dst)
-		dst_hold(dst);
+	if (dst && !atomic_inc_not_zero(&dst->__refcnt))
+		dst = NULL;
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return dst;
 }
diff --git a/net/core/dst.c b/net/core/dst.c
index 80d6286c8b625075ad84f8c7bec9265db284760a..a028409ee438c27d738deb1b065269a441a0f5f3 100644
--- a/net/core/dst.c
+++ b/net/core/dst.c
@@ -269,6 +269,15 @@ again:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dst_destroy);
 
+static void dst_destroy_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct dst_entry *dst = container_of(head, struct dst_entry, rcu_head);
+
+	dst = dst_destroy(dst);
+	if (dst)
+		__dst_free(dst);
+}
+
 void dst_release(struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
 	if (dst) {
@@ -276,11 +285,8 @@ void dst_release(struct dst_entry *dst)
 
 		newrefcnt = atomic_dec_return(&dst->__refcnt);
 		WARN_ON(newrefcnt < 0);
-		if (unlikely(dst->flags & DST_NOCACHE) && !newrefcnt) {
-			dst = dst_destroy(dst);
-			if (dst)
-				__dst_free(dst);
-		}
+		if (unlikely(dst->flags & DST_NOCACHE) && !newrefcnt)
+			call_rcu(&dst->rcu_head, dst_destroy_rcu);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dst_release);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index 097b3e7c1e8f89052f6dd686d519a3a9f0624209..54b6731dab559e2c686bfd224436ff9f72d4546c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -73,12 +73,7 @@ static void __tunnel_dst_set(struct ip_tunnel_dst *idst,
 {
 	struct dst_entry *old_dst;
 
-	if (dst) {
-		if (dst->flags & DST_NOCACHE)
-			dst = NULL;
-		else
-			dst_clone(dst);
-	}
+	dst_clone(dst);
 	old_dst = xchg((__force struct dst_entry **)&idst->dst, dst);
 	dst_release(old_dst);
 }
@@ -108,13 +103,14 @@ static struct rtable *tunnel_rtable_get(struct ip_tunnel *t, u32 cookie)
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	dst = rcu_dereference(this_cpu_ptr(t->dst_cache)->dst);
+	if (dst && !atomic_inc_not_zero(&dst->__refcnt))
+		dst = NULL;
 	if (dst) {
 		if (dst->obsolete && dst->ops->check(dst, cookie) == NULL) {
-			rcu_read_unlock();
 			tunnel_dst_reset(t);
-			return NULL;
+			dst_release(dst);
+			dst = NULL;
 		}
-		dst_hold(dst);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return (struct rtable *)dst;