#endif /* CONFIG_NET_CLS_IND */
        struct tcf_exts         exts;
        struct tcf_proto        *tp;
-       struct rcu_head         rcu;
+       union {
+               struct work_struct      work;
+               struct rcu_head         rcu;
+       };
 };
 
 static u32 fw_hash(u32 handle)
        return 0;
 }
 
-static void fw_delete_filter(struct rcu_head *head)
+static void fw_delete_filter_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-       struct fw_filter *f = container_of(head, struct fw_filter, rcu);
+       struct fw_filter *f = container_of(work, struct fw_filter, work);
 
+       rtnl_lock();
        tcf_exts_destroy(&f->exts);
        kfree(f);
+       rtnl_unlock();
+}
+
+static void fw_delete_filter(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+       struct fw_filter *f = container_of(head, struct fw_filter, rcu);
+
+       INIT_WORK(&f->work, fw_delete_filter_work);
+       tcf_queue_work(&f->work);
 }
 
 static void fw_destroy(struct tcf_proto *tp)