diff --git a/drivers/net/wireguard/peer.c b/drivers/net/wireguard/peer.c
index 6936a82364bf..1acd00ab2fbc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireguard/peer.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireguard/peer.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static void peer_make_dead(struct wg_peer *peer)
 	/* Mark as dead, so that we don't allow jumping contexts after. */
 	WRITE_ONCE(peer->is_dead, true);
 
-	/* The caller must now synchronize_rcu() for this to take effect. */
+	/* The caller must now synchronize_net() for this to take effect. */
 }
 
 static void peer_remove_after_dead(struct wg_peer *peer)
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void wg_peer_remove(struct wg_peer *peer)
 	lockdep_assert_held(&peer->device->device_update_lock);
 
 	peer_make_dead(peer);
-	synchronize_rcu();
+	synchronize_net();
 	peer_remove_after_dead(peer);
 }
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ void wg_peer_remove_all(struct wg_device *wg)
 		peer_make_dead(peer);
 		list_add_tail(&peer->peer_list, &dead_peers);
 	}
-	synchronize_rcu();
+	synchronize_net();
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(peer, temp, &dead_peers, peer_list)
 		peer_remove_after_dead(peer);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireguard/socket.c b/drivers/net/wireguard/socket.c
index c33e2c81635f..c8cd385d233b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireguard/socket.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireguard/socket.c
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ void wg_socket_reinit(struct wg_device *wg, struct sock *new4,
 	if (new4)
 		wg->incoming_port = ntohs(inet_sk(new4)->inet_sport);
 	mutex_unlock(&wg->socket_update_lock);
-	synchronize_rcu();
+	synchronize_net();
 	sock_free(old4);
 	sock_free(old6);
 }