u8 dir, flow_resolve_t resolver, void *ctx);
 
 extern void flow_cache_flush(void);
+extern void flow_cache_flush_deferred(void);
 extern atomic_t flow_cache_genid;
 
 #endif
 
        put_online_cpus();
 }
 
+static void flow_cache_flush_task(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+       flow_cache_flush();
+}
+
+static DECLARE_WORK(flow_cache_flush_work, flow_cache_flush_task);
+
+void flow_cache_flush_deferred(void)
+{
+       schedule_work(&flow_cache_flush_work);
+}
+
 static int __cpuinit flow_cache_cpu_prepare(struct flow_cache *fc, int cpu)
 {
        struct flow_cache_percpu *fcp = per_cpu_ptr(fc->percpu, cpu);
 
 {
        struct dst_entry *head, *next;
 
-       flow_cache_flush();
-
        spin_lock_bh(&xfrm_policy_sk_bundle_lock);
        head = xfrm_policy_sk_bundles;
        xfrm_policy_sk_bundles = NULL;
        }
 }
 
+static void xfrm_garbage_collect(struct net *net)
+{
+       flow_cache_flush();
+       __xfrm_garbage_collect(net);
+}
+
+static void xfrm_garbage_collect_deferred(struct net *net)
+{
+       flow_cache_flush_deferred();
+       __xfrm_garbage_collect(net);
+}
+
 static void xfrm_init_pmtu(struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
        do {
                if (likely(dst_ops->neigh_lookup == NULL))
                        dst_ops->neigh_lookup = xfrm_neigh_lookup;
                if (likely(afinfo->garbage_collect == NULL))
-                       afinfo->garbage_collect = __xfrm_garbage_collect;
+                       afinfo->garbage_collect = xfrm_garbage_collect_deferred;
                xfrm_policy_afinfo[afinfo->family] = afinfo;
        }
        write_unlock_bh(&xfrm_policy_afinfo_lock);
 
        switch (event) {
        case NETDEV_DOWN:
-               __xfrm_garbage_collect(dev_net(dev));
+               xfrm_garbage_collect(dev_net(dev));
        }
        return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }