diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 607a4f816155..799370bcc70c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ void fib_release_info(struct fib_info *fi)
 				hlist_del(&nexthop_nh->nh_hash);
 			} endfor_nexthops(fi)
 		}
-		fi->fib_dead = 1;
+		/* Paired with READ_ONCE() from fib_table_lookup() */
+		WRITE_ONCE(fi->fib_dead, 1);
 		fib_info_put(fi);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_bh(&fib_info_lock);
@@ -1598,6 +1599,7 @@ struct fib_info *fib_create_info(struct fib_config *cfg,
 link_it:
 	ofi = fib_find_info(fi);
 	if (ofi) {
+		/* fib_table_lookup() should not see @fi yet. */
 		fi->fib_dead = 1;
 		free_fib_info(fi);
 		refcount_inc(&ofi->fib_treeref);
@@ -1636,6 +1638,7 @@ err_inval:
 
 failure:
 	if (fi) {
+		/* fib_table_lookup() should not see @fi yet. */
 		fi->fib_dead = 1;
 		free_fib_info(fi);
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
index 52f9f69f57b3..22531aac0ccb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
@@ -1578,7 +1578,8 @@ found:
 		}
 		if (fa->fa_tos && fa->fa_tos != flp->flowi4_tos)
 			continue;
-		if (fi->fib_dead)
+		/* Paired with WRITE_ONCE() in fib_release_info() */
+		if (READ_ONCE(fi->fib_dead))
 			continue;
 		if (fa->fa_info->fib_scope < flp->flowi4_scope)
 			continue;