diff --git a/include/net/l3mdev.h b/include/net/l3mdev.h
index 2d6141f28b53..f7fe796e8429 100644
--- a/include/net/l3mdev.h
+++ b/include/net/l3mdev.h
@@ -198,10 +198,12 @@ struct sk_buff *l3mdev_l3_out(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, u16 proto)
 	if (netif_is_l3_slave(dev)) {
 		struct net_device *master;
 
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		master = netdev_master_upper_dev_get_rcu(dev);
 		if (master && master->l3mdev_ops->l3mdev_l3_out)
 			skb = master->l3mdev_ops->l3mdev_l3_out(master, sk,
 								skb, proto);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 
 	return skb;
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 89656d180bc6..bd0251bd74a1 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -3447,10 +3447,12 @@ static const struct seq_operations neigh_stat_seq_ops = {
 static void __neigh_notify(struct neighbour *n, int type, int flags,
 			   u32 pid)
 {
-	struct net *net = dev_net(n->dev);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int err = -ENOBUFS;
+	struct net *net;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	net = dev_net_rcu(n->dev);
 	skb = nlmsg_new(neigh_nlmsg_size(), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (skb == NULL)
 		goto errout;
@@ -3463,9 +3465,11 @@ static void __neigh_notify(struct neighbour *n, int type, int flags,
 		goto errout;
 	}
 	rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_NEIGH, NULL, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	return;
+	goto out;
 errout:
 	rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_NEIGH, err);
+out:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 void neigh_app_ns(struct neighbour *n)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/arp.c b/net/ipv4/arp.c
index cb9a7ed8abd3..f23a1ec6694c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/arp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/arp.c
@@ -659,10 +659,12 @@ static int arp_xmit_finish(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb
  */
 void arp_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	/* Send it off, maybe filter it using firewalling first.  */
 	NF_HOOK(NFPROTO_ARP, NF_ARP_OUT,
-		dev_net(skb->dev), NULL, skb, NULL, skb->dev,
+		dev_net_rcu(skb->dev), NULL, skb, NULL, skb->dev,
 		arp_xmit_finish);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(arp_xmit);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/mcast.c b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
index 9dfdb40988b0..81a739ebf709 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/mcast.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
@@ -2165,21 +2165,21 @@ static void mld_send_cr(struct inet6_dev *idev)
 
 static void igmp6_send(struct in6_addr *addr, struct net_device *dev, int type)
 {
-	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
-	struct sock *sk = net->ipv6.igmp_sk;
+	const struct in6_addr *snd_addr, *saddr;
+	int err, len, payload_len, full_len;
+	struct in6_addr addr_buf;
 	struct inet6_dev *idev;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct mld_msg *hdr;
-	const struct in6_addr *snd_addr, *saddr;
-	struct in6_addr addr_buf;
 	int hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
 	int tlen = dev->needed_tailroom;
-	int err, len, payload_len, full_len;
 	u8 ra[8] = { IPPROTO_ICMPV6, 0,
 		     IPV6_TLV_ROUTERALERT, 2, 0, 0,
 		     IPV6_TLV_PADN, 0 };
-	struct flowi6 fl6;
 	struct dst_entry *dst;
+	struct flowi6 fl6;
+	struct net *net;
+	struct sock *sk;
 
 	if (type == ICMPV6_MGM_REDUCTION)
 		snd_addr = &in6addr_linklocal_allrouters;
@@ -2190,19 +2190,21 @@ static void igmp6_send(struct in6_addr *addr, struct net_device *dev, int type)
 	payload_len = len + sizeof(ra);
 	full_len = sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) + payload_len;
 
+	skb = alloc_skb(hlen + tlen + full_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	IP6_INC_STATS(net, __in6_dev_get(dev), IPSTATS_MIB_OUTREQUESTS);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
-	skb = sock_alloc_send_skb(sk, hlen + tlen + full_len, 1, &err);
 
+	net = dev_net_rcu(dev);
+	idev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
+	IP6_INC_STATS(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTREQUESTS);
 	if (!skb) {
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		IP6_INC_STATS(net, __in6_dev_get(dev),
-			      IPSTATS_MIB_OUTDISCARDS);
+		IP6_INC_STATS(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTDISCARDS);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		return;
 	}
+	sk = net->ipv6.igmp_sk;
+	skb_set_owner_w(skb, sk);
+
 	skb->priority = TC_PRIO_CONTROL;
 	skb_reserve(skb, hlen);
 
@@ -2227,9 +2229,6 @@ static void igmp6_send(struct in6_addr *addr, struct net_device *dev, int type)
 					 IPPROTO_ICMPV6,
 					 csum_partial(hdr, len, 0));
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	idev = __in6_dev_get(skb->dev);
-
 	icmpv6_flow_init(sk, &fl6, type,
 			 &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr, &ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr,
 			 skb->dev->ifindex);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index d044c67019de..8699d1a188dc 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -418,15 +418,11 @@ static struct sk_buff *ndisc_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	int hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
 	int tlen = dev->needed_tailroom;
-	struct sock *sk = dev_net(dev)->ipv6.ndisc_sk;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
 	skb = alloc_skb(hlen + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) + len + tlen, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!skb) {
-		ND_PRINTK(0, err, "ndisc: %s failed to allocate an skb\n",
-			  __func__);
+	if (!skb)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 
 	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
 	skb->dev = dev;
@@ -437,7 +433,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *ndisc_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
 	/* Manually assign socket ownership as we avoid calling
 	 * sock_alloc_send_pskb() to bypass wmem buffer limits
 	 */
-	skb_set_owner_w(skb, sk);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	skb_set_owner_w(skb, dev_net_rcu(dev)->ipv6.ndisc_sk);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return skb;
 }
@@ -473,16 +471,20 @@ static void ip6_nd_hdr(struct sk_buff *skb,
 void ndisc_send_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct in6_addr *daddr,
 		    const struct in6_addr *saddr)
 {
-	struct dst_entry *dst = skb_dst(skb);
-	struct net *net = dev_net(skb->dev);
-	struct sock *sk = net->ipv6.ndisc_sk;
-	struct inet6_dev *idev;
-	int err;
 	struct icmp6hdr *icmp6h = icmp6_hdr(skb);
+	struct dst_entry *dst = skb_dst(skb);
+	struct inet6_dev *idev;
+	struct net *net;
+	struct sock *sk;
+	int err;
 	u8 type;
 
 	type = icmp6h->icmp6_type;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	net = dev_net_rcu(skb->dev);
+	sk = net->ipv6.ndisc_sk;
 	if (!dst) {
 		struct flowi6 fl6;
 		int oif = skb->dev->ifindex;
@@ -490,6 +492,7 @@ void ndisc_send_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct in6_addr *daddr,
 		icmpv6_flow_init(sk, &fl6, type, saddr, daddr, oif);
 		dst = icmp6_dst_alloc(skb->dev, &fl6);
 		if (IS_ERR(dst)) {
+			rcu_read_unlock();
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -504,7 +507,6 @@ void ndisc_send_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct in6_addr *daddr,
 
 	ip6_nd_hdr(skb, saddr, daddr, READ_ONCE(inet6_sk(sk)->hop_limit), skb->len);
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	idev = __in6_dev_get(dst->dev);
 	IP6_INC_STATS(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTREQUESTS);
 
@@ -1694,7 +1696,7 @@ void ndisc_send_redirect(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct in6_addr *target)
 	bool ret;
 
 	if (netif_is_l3_master(skb->dev)) {
-		dev = __dev_get_by_index(dev_net(skb->dev), IPCB(skb)->iif);
+		dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(dev_net(skb->dev), IPCB(skb)->iif);
 		if (!dev)
 			return;
 	}
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index 225f6048867f..5d548eda742d 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -2101,6 +2101,7 @@ static int ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info(struct vport *vport, struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
 	struct ovs_header *ovs_header;
 	struct ovs_vport_stats vport_stats;
+	struct net *net_vport;
 	int err;
 
 	ovs_header = genlmsg_put(skb, portid, seq, &dp_vport_genl_family,
@@ -2117,12 +2118,15 @@ static int ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info(struct vport *vport, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	    nla_put_u32(skb, OVS_VPORT_ATTR_IFINDEX, vport->dev->ifindex))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	if (!net_eq(net, dev_net(vport->dev))) {
-		int id = peernet2id_alloc(net, dev_net(vport->dev), gfp);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	net_vport = dev_net_rcu(vport->dev);
+	if (!net_eq(net, net_vport)) {
+		int id = peernet2id_alloc(net, net_vport, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 		if (nla_put_s32(skb, OVS_VPORT_ATTR_NETNSID, id))
-			goto nla_put_failure;
+			goto nla_put_failure_unlock;
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	ovs_vport_get_stats(vport, &vport_stats);
 	if (nla_put_64bit(skb, OVS_VPORT_ATTR_STATS,
@@ -2143,6 +2147,8 @@ static int ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info(struct vport *vport, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	genlmsg_end(skb, ovs_header);
 	return 0;
 
+nla_put_failure_unlock:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 nla_put_failure:
 	err = -EMSGSIZE;
 error: