diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index ce9c3f1eba47..d8c59135fe3d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -278,7 +278,8 @@ void fib_release_info(struct fib_info *fi)
 				hlist_del(&nexthop_nh->nh_hash);
 			} endfor_nexthops(fi)
 		}
-		fi->fib_dead = 1;
+		/* Paired with READ_ONCE() from fib_table_lookup() */
+		WRITE_ONCE(fi->fib_dead, 1);
 		fib_info_put(fi);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_bh(&fib_info_lock);
@@ -1603,6 +1604,7 @@ struct fib_info *fib_create_info(struct fib_config *cfg,
 link_it:
 	ofi = fib_find_info(fi);
 	if (ofi) {
+		/* fib_table_lookup() should not see @fi yet. */
 		fi->fib_dead = 1;
 		free_fib_info(fi);
 		ofi->fib_treeref++;
@@ -1641,6 +1643,7 @@ err_inval:
 
 failure:
 	if (fi) {
+		/* fib_table_lookup() should not see @fi yet. */
 		fi->fib_dead = 1;
 		free_fib_info(fi);
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
index 6dbea9cdfdc5..9d46dbc33fd4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
@@ -1582,7 +1582,8 @@ found:
 		if (fa->fa_dscp &&
 		    inet_dscp_to_dsfield(fa->fa_dscp) != flp->flowi4_tos)
 			continue;
-		if (fi->fib_dead)
+		/* Paired with WRITE_ONCE() in fib_release_info() */
+		if (READ_ONCE(fi->fib_dead))
 			continue;
 		if (fa->fa_info->fib_scope < flp->flowi4_scope)
 			continue;