#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MROUTE
        if ((all || type == NETCONFA_MC_FORWARDING) &&
            nla_put_s32(skb, NETCONFA_MC_FORWARDING,
-                       devconf->mc_forwarding) < 0)
+                       atomic_read(&devconf->mc_forwarding)) < 0)
                goto nla_put_failure;
 #endif
        if ((all || type == NETCONFA_PROXY_NEIGH) &&
        array[DEVCONF_USE_OPTIMISTIC] = cnf->use_optimistic;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MROUTE
-       array[DEVCONF_MC_FORWARDING] = cnf->mc_forwarding;
+       array[DEVCONF_MC_FORWARDING] = atomic_read(&cnf->mc_forwarding);
 #endif
        array[DEVCONF_DISABLE_IPV6] = cnf->disable_ipv6;
        array[DEVCONF_ACCEPT_DAD] = cnf->accept_dad;
 
        /*
         *      IPv6 multicast router mode is now supported ;)
         */
-       if (dev_net(skb->dev)->ipv6.devconf_all->mc_forwarding &&
+       if (atomic_read(&dev_net(skb->dev)->ipv6.devconf_all->mc_forwarding) &&
            !(ipv6_addr_type(&hdr->daddr) &
              (IPV6_ADDR_LOOPBACK|IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL)) &&
            likely(!(IP6CB(skb)->flags & IP6SKB_FORWARDED))) {
 
 
        in6_dev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
        if (in6_dev) {
-               in6_dev->cnf.mc_forwarding--;
+               atomic_dec(&in6_dev->cnf.mc_forwarding);
                inet6_netconf_notify_devconf(dev_net(dev), RTM_NEWNETCONF,
                                             NETCONFA_MC_FORWARDING,
                                             dev->ifindex, &in6_dev->cnf);
 
        in6_dev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
        if (in6_dev) {
-               in6_dev->cnf.mc_forwarding++;
+               atomic_inc(&in6_dev->cnf.mc_forwarding);
                inet6_netconf_notify_devconf(dev_net(dev), RTM_NEWNETCONF,
                                             NETCONFA_MC_FORWARDING,
                                             dev->ifindex, &in6_dev->cnf);
        } else {
                rcu_assign_pointer(mrt->mroute_sk, sk);
                sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_RCU_FREE);
-               net->ipv6.devconf_all->mc_forwarding++;
+               atomic_inc(&net->ipv6.devconf_all->mc_forwarding);
        }
        write_unlock_bh(&mrt_lock);
 
                         * so the RCU grace period before sk freeing
                         * is guaranteed by sk_destruct()
                         */
-                       net->ipv6.devconf_all->mc_forwarding--;
+                       atomic_dec(&net->ipv6.devconf_all->mc_forwarding);
                        write_unlock_bh(&mrt_lock);
                        inet6_netconf_notify_devconf(net, RTM_NEWNETCONF,
                                                     NETCONFA_MC_FORWARDING,