rt->dst.lastuse = jiffies;
 }
 
+/* Caller must already hold reference to @from */
 static void rt6_set_from(struct rt6_info *rt, struct fib6_info *from)
 {
        rt->rt6i_flags &= ~RTF_EXPIRES;
-       fib6_info_hold(from);
        rcu_assign_pointer(rt->from, from);
        dst_init_metrics(&rt->dst, from->fib6_metrics->metrics, true);
        if (from->fib6_metrics != &dst_default_metrics) {
        }
 }
 
+/* Caller must already hold reference to @ort */
 static void ip6_rt_copy_init(struct rt6_info *rt, struct fib6_info *ort)
 {
        struct net_device *dev = fib6_info_nh_dev(ort);
        struct net_device *dev = rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev;
        struct rt6_info *nrt;
 
+       if (!fib6_info_hold_safe(rt))
+               return NULL;
+
        nrt = ip6_dst_alloc(dev_net(dev), dev, flags);
        if (nrt)
                ip6_rt_copy_init(nrt, rt);
+       else
+               fib6_info_release(rt);
 
        return nrt;
 }
         *      Clone the route.
         */
 
+       if (!fib6_info_hold_safe(ort))
+               return NULL;
+
        dev = ip6_rt_get_dev_rcu(ort);
        rt = ip6_dst_alloc(dev_net(dev), dev, 0);
-       if (!rt)
+       if (!rt) {
+               fib6_info_release(ort);
                return NULL;
+       }
 
        ip6_rt_copy_init(rt, ort);
        rt->rt6i_flags |= RTF_CACHE;
        struct net_device *dev;
        struct rt6_info *pcpu_rt;
 
+       if (!fib6_info_hold_safe(rt))
+               return NULL;
+
        rcu_read_lock();
        dev = ip6_rt_get_dev_rcu(rt);
        pcpu_rt = ip6_dst_alloc(dev_net(dev), dev, flags);
        rcu_read_unlock();
-       if (!pcpu_rt)
+       if (!pcpu_rt) {
+               fib6_info_release(rt);
                return NULL;
+       }
        ip6_rt_copy_init(pcpu_rt, rt);
        pcpu_rt->rt6i_flags |= RTF_PCPU;
        return pcpu_rt;
 
 out:
        if (ret)
-               dst_hold(&ret->dst);
+               ip6_hold_safe(net, &ret, true);
        else
                ret = ip6_create_rt_rcu(rt);
 
                                continue;
                        if (cfg->fc_protocol && cfg->fc_protocol != rt->fib6_protocol)
                                continue;
-                       fib6_info_hold(rt);
+                       if (!fib6_info_hold_safe(rt))
+                               continue;
                        rcu_read_unlock();
 
                        /* if gateway was specified only delete the one hop */
 
        rcu_read_lock();
        from = rcu_dereference(rt->from);
+       /* This fib6_info_hold() is safe here because we hold reference to rt
+        * and rt already holds reference to fib6_info.
+        */
        fib6_info_hold(from);
        rcu_read_unlock();
 
                        continue;
                if (!ipv6_addr_equal(&rt->fib6_nh.nh_gw, gwaddr))
                        continue;
-               fib6_info_hold(rt);
+               if (!fib6_info_hold_safe(rt))
+                       continue;
                break;
        }
 out:
                    ipv6_addr_equal(&rt->fib6_nh.nh_gw, addr))
                        break;
        }
-       if (rt)
-               fib6_info_hold(rt);
+       if (rt && !fib6_info_hold_safe(rt))
+               rt = NULL;
        rcu_read_unlock();
        return rt;
 }
                struct inet6_dev *idev = dev ? __in6_dev_get(dev) : NULL;
 
                if (rt->fib6_flags & (RTF_DEFAULT | RTF_ADDRCONF) &&
-                   (!idev || idev->cnf.accept_ra != 2)) {
-                       fib6_info_hold(rt);
+                   (!idev || idev->cnf.accept_ra != 2) &&
+                   fib6_info_hold_safe(rt)) {
                        rcu_read_unlock();
                        ip6_del_rt(net, rt);
                        goto restart;