diff --git a/net/rxrpc/call_object.c b/net/rxrpc/call_object.c
index dbdbc4f18b5e..c9f34b0a11df 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/call_object.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/call_object.c
@@ -562,11 +562,11 @@ void rxrpc_put_call(struct rxrpc_call *call, enum rxrpc_call_trace op)
 }
 
 /*
- * Final call destruction under RCU.
+ * Final call destruction - but must be done in process context.
  */
-static void rxrpc_rcu_destroy_call(struct rcu_head *rcu)
+static void rxrpc_destroy_call(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct rxrpc_call *call = container_of(rcu, struct rxrpc_call, rcu);
+	struct rxrpc_call *call = container_of(work, struct rxrpc_call, processor);
 	struct rxrpc_net *rxnet = call->rxnet;
 
 	rxrpc_put_connection(call->conn);
@@ -578,6 +578,22 @@ static void rxrpc_rcu_destroy_call(struct rcu_head *rcu)
 		wake_up_var(&rxnet->nr_calls);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Final call destruction under RCU.
+ */
+static void rxrpc_rcu_destroy_call(struct rcu_head *rcu)
+{
+	struct rxrpc_call *call = container_of(rcu, struct rxrpc_call, rcu);
+
+	if (in_softirq()) {
+		INIT_WORK(&call->processor, rxrpc_destroy_call);
+		if (!rxrpc_queue_work(&call->processor))
+			BUG();
+	} else {
+		rxrpc_destroy_call(&call->processor);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * clean up a call
  */