struct ip_conntrack *ct = (struct ip_conntrack *)nfct;
        struct ip_conntrack_protocol *proto;
        struct ip_conntrack_helper *helper;
+       typeof(ip_conntrack_destroyed) destroyed;
 
        DEBUGP("destroy_conntrack(%p)\n", ct);
        IP_NF_ASSERT(atomic_read(&nfct->use) == 0);
        proto = __ip_conntrack_proto_find(ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_REPLY].tuple.dst.protonum);
        if (proto && proto->destroy)
                proto->destroy(ct);
-       rcu_read_unlock();
 
-       if (ip_conntrack_destroyed)
-               ip_conntrack_destroyed(ct);
+       destroyed = rcu_dereference(ip_conntrack_destroyed);
+       if (destroyed)
+               destroyed(ct);
+
+       rcu_read_unlock();
 
        write_lock_bh(&ip_conntrack_lock);
        /* Expectations will have been removed in clean_from_lists,
 
        }
 
        /* FIXME: Man, this is a hack.  <SIGH> */
-       IP_NF_ASSERT(ip_conntrack_destroyed == NULL);
-       ip_conntrack_destroyed = &ip_nat_cleanup_conntrack;
+       IP_NF_ASSERT(rcu_dereference(ip_conntrack_destroyed) == NULL);
+       rcu_assign_pointer(ip_conntrack_destroyed, ip_nat_cleanup_conntrack);
 
        /* Initialize fake conntrack so that NAT will skip it */
        ip_conntrack_untracked.status |= IPS_NAT_DONE_MASK;
 static void __exit ip_nat_cleanup(void)
 {
        ip_ct_iterate_cleanup(&clean_nat, NULL);
-       ip_conntrack_destroyed = NULL;
+       rcu_assign_pointer(ip_conntrack_destroyed, NULL);
+       synchronize_rcu();
        vfree(bysource);
 }