* Note that the changes are semaphored via rtnl_lock.
  */
 
-static DEFINE_RWLOCK(mrt_lock);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(mrt_lock);
 
 static struct net_device *vif_dev_read(const struct vif_device *vif)
 {
-       return rcu_dereference_check(vif->dev,
-                                    lockdep_is_held(&mrt_lock));
+       return rcu_dereference(vif->dev);
 }
 
 /* Multicast router control variables */
        if (!dev)
                return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 
-       write_lock_bh(&mrt_lock);
+       spin_lock(&mrt_lock);
        call_ipmr_vif_entry_notifiers(net, FIB_EVENT_VIF_DEL, v, dev,
                                      vifi, mrt->id);
        RCU_INIT_POINTER(v->dev, NULL);
                WRITE_ONCE(mrt->maxvif, tmp + 1);
        }
 
-       write_unlock_bh(&mrt_lock);
+       spin_unlock(&mrt_lock);
 
        dev_set_allmulti(dev, -1);
 
        spin_unlock(&mfc_unres_lock);
 }
 
-/* Fill oifs list. It is called under write locked mrt_lock. */
+/* Fill oifs list. It is called under locked mrt_lock. */
 static void ipmr_update_thresholds(struct mr_table *mrt, struct mr_mfc *cache,
                                   unsigned char *ttls)
 {
        v->remote = vifc->vifc_rmt_addr.s_addr;
 
        /* And finish update writing critical data */
-       write_lock_bh(&mrt_lock);
+       spin_lock(&mrt_lock);
        rcu_assign_pointer(v->dev, dev);
        netdev_tracker_alloc(dev, &v->dev_tracker, GFP_ATOMIC);
        if (v->flags & VIFF_REGISTER) {
        }
        if (vifi+1 > mrt->maxvif)
                WRITE_ONCE(mrt->maxvif, vifi + 1);
-       write_unlock_bh(&mrt_lock);
+       spin_unlock(&mrt_lock);
        call_ipmr_vif_entry_notifiers(net, FIB_EVENT_VIF_ADD, v, dev,
                                      vifi, mrt->id);
        return 0;
                                   mfc->mfcc_mcastgrp.s_addr, parent);
        rcu_read_unlock();
        if (c) {
-               write_lock_bh(&mrt_lock);
+               spin_lock(&mrt_lock);
                c->_c.mfc_parent = mfc->mfcc_parent;
                ipmr_update_thresholds(mrt, &c->_c, mfc->mfcc_ttls);
                if (!mrtsock)
                        c->_c.mfc_flags |= MFC_STATIC;
-               write_unlock_bh(&mrt_lock);
+               spin_unlock(&mrt_lock);
                call_ipmr_mfc_entry_notifiers(net, FIB_EVENT_ENTRY_REPLACE, c,
                                              mrt->id);
                mroute_netlink_event(mrt, c, RTM_NEWROUTE);