--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
@@ -122,8 +122,11 @@
 struct pppol2tp_session {
 	int			owner;		/* pid that opened the socket */
 
-	struct sock		*sock;		/* Pointer to the session
+	struct mutex		sk_lock;	/* Protects .sk */
+	struct sock __rcu	*sk;		/* Pointer to the session
 						 * PPPoX socket */
+	struct sock		*__sk;		/* Copy of .sk, for cleanup */
+	struct rcu_head		rcu;		/* For asynchronous release */
 	struct sock		*tunnel_sock;	/* Pointer to the tunnel UDP
 						 * socket */
 	int			flags;		/* accessed by PPPIOCGFLAGS.
@@ -138,6 +141,24 @@ static const struct ppp_channel_ops pppo
 
 static const struct proto_ops pppol2tp_ops;
 
+/* Retrieves the pppol2tp socket associated to a session.
+ * A reference is held on the returned socket, so this function must be paired
+ * with sock_put().
+ */
+static struct sock *pppol2tp_session_get_sock(struct l2tp_session *session)
+{
+	struct pppol2tp_session *ps = l2tp_session_priv(session);
+	struct sock *sk;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	sk = rcu_dereference(ps->sk);
+	if (sk)
+		sock_hold(sk);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return sk;
+}
+
 /* Helpers to obtain tunnel/session contexts from sockets.
  */
 static inline struct l2tp_session *pppol2tp_sock_to_session(struct sock *sk)
@@ -224,7 +245,8 @@ static void pppol2tp_recv(struct l2tp_se
 	/* If the socket is bound, send it in to PPP's input queue. Otherwise
 	 * queue it on the session socket.
 	 */
-	sk = ps->sock;
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	sk = rcu_dereference(ps->sk);
 	if (sk == NULL)
 		goto no_sock;
 
@@ -262,30 +284,16 @@ static void pppol2tp_recv(struct l2tp_se
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 		}
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return;
 
 no_sock:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	l2tp_info(session, L2TP_MSG_DATA, "%s: no socket\n", session->name);
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 }
 
-static void pppol2tp_session_sock_hold(struct l2tp_session *session)
-{
-	struct pppol2tp_session *ps = l2tp_session_priv(session);
-
-	if (ps->sock)
-		sock_hold(ps->sock);
-}
-
-static void pppol2tp_session_sock_put(struct l2tp_session *session)
-{
-	struct pppol2tp_session *ps = l2tp_session_priv(session);
-
-	if (ps->sock)
-		sock_put(ps->sock);
-}
-
 /************************************************************************
  * Transmit handling
  ***********************************************************************/
@@ -446,14 +454,16 @@ abort:
  */
 static void pppol2tp_session_close(struct l2tp_session *session)
 {
-	struct pppol2tp_session *ps = l2tp_session_priv(session);
-	struct sock *sk = ps->sock;
-	struct socket *sock = sk->sk_socket;
+	struct sock *sk;
 
 	BUG_ON(session->magic != L2TP_SESSION_MAGIC);
 
-	if (sock)
-		inet_shutdown(sock, SEND_SHUTDOWN);
+	sk = pppol2tp_session_get_sock(session);
+	if (sk) {
+		if (sk->sk_socket)
+			inet_shutdown(sk->sk_socket, SEND_SHUTDOWN);
+		sock_put(sk);
+	}
 
 	/* Don't let the session go away before our socket does */
 	l2tp_session_inc_refcount(session);
@@ -476,6 +486,14 @@ static void pppol2tp_session_destruct(st
 	}
 }
 
+static void pppol2tp_put_sk(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct pppol2tp_session *ps;
+
+	ps = container_of(head, typeof(*ps), rcu);
+	sock_put(ps->__sk);
+}
+
 /* Called when the PPPoX socket (session) is closed.
  */
 static int pppol2tp_release(struct socket *sock)
@@ -501,11 +519,24 @@ static int pppol2tp_release(struct socke
 
 	session = pppol2tp_sock_to_session(sk);
 
-	/* Purge any queued data */
 	if (session != NULL) {
+		struct pppol2tp_session *ps;
+
 		__l2tp_session_unhash(session);
 		l2tp_session_queue_purge(session);
-		sock_put(sk);
+
+		ps = l2tp_session_priv(session);
+		mutex_lock(&ps->sk_lock);
+		ps->__sk = rcu_dereference_protected(ps->sk,
+						     lockdep_is_held(&ps->sk_lock));
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(ps->sk, NULL);
+		mutex_unlock(&ps->sk_lock);
+		call_rcu(&ps->rcu, pppol2tp_put_sk);
+
+		/* Rely on the sock_put() call at the end of the function for
+		 * dropping the reference held by pppol2tp_sock_to_session().
+		 * The last reference will be dropped by pppol2tp_put_sk().
+		 */
 	}
 	release_sock(sk);
 
@@ -572,12 +603,14 @@ out:
 static void pppol2tp_show(struct seq_file *m, void *arg)
 {
 	struct l2tp_session *session = arg;
-	struct pppol2tp_session *ps = l2tp_session_priv(session);
+	struct sock *sk;
+
+	sk = pppol2tp_session_get_sock(session);
+	if (sk) {
+		struct pppox_sock *po = pppox_sk(sk);
 
-	if (ps) {
-		struct pppox_sock *po = pppox_sk(ps->sock);
-		if (po)
-			seq_printf(m, "   interface %s\n", ppp_dev_name(&po->chan));
+		seq_printf(m, "   interface %s\n", ppp_dev_name(&po->chan));
+		sock_put(sk);
 	}
 }
 #endif
@@ -715,13 +748,17 @@ static int pppol2tp_connect(struct socke
 		/* Using a pre-existing session is fine as long as it hasn't
 		 * been connected yet.
 		 */
-		if (ps->sock) {
+		mutex_lock(&ps->sk_lock);
+		if (rcu_dereference_protected(ps->sk,
+					      lockdep_is_held(&ps->sk_lock))) {
+			mutex_unlock(&ps->sk_lock);
 			error = -EEXIST;
 			goto end;
 		}
 
 		/* consistency checks */
 		if (ps->tunnel_sock != tunnel->sock) {
+			mutex_unlock(&ps->sk_lock);
 			error = -EEXIST;
 			goto end;
 		}
@@ -738,19 +775,21 @@ static int pppol2tp_connect(struct socke
 			goto end;
 		}
 
+		ps = l2tp_session_priv(session);
+		mutex_init(&ps->sk_lock);
 		l2tp_session_inc_refcount(session);
+
+		mutex_lock(&ps->sk_lock);
 		error = l2tp_session_register(session, tunnel);
 		if (error < 0) {
+			mutex_unlock(&ps->sk_lock);
 			kfree(session);
 			goto end;
 		}
 		drop_refcnt = true;
 	}
 
-	/* Associate session with its PPPoL2TP socket */
-	ps = l2tp_session_priv(session);
 	ps->owner	     = current->pid;
-	ps->sock	     = sk;
 	ps->tunnel_sock = tunnel->sock;
 
 	session->recv_skb	= pppol2tp_recv;
@@ -759,12 +798,6 @@ static int pppol2tp_connect(struct socke
 	session->show		= pppol2tp_show;
 #endif
 
-	/* We need to know each time a skb is dropped from the reorder
-	 * queue.
-	 */
-	session->ref = pppol2tp_session_sock_hold;
-	session->deref = pppol2tp_session_sock_put;
-
 	/* If PMTU discovery was enabled, use the MTU that was discovered */
 	dst = sk_dst_get(tunnel->sock);
 	if (dst != NULL) {
@@ -798,12 +831,17 @@ static int pppol2tp_connect(struct socke
 	po->chan.mtu	 = session->mtu;
 
 	error = ppp_register_net_channel(sock_net(sk), &po->chan);
-	if (error)
+	if (error) {
+		mutex_unlock(&ps->sk_lock);
 		goto end;
+	}
 
 out_no_ppp:
 	/* This is how we get the session context from the socket. */
 	sk->sk_user_data = session;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(ps->sk, sk);
+	mutex_unlock(&ps->sk_lock);
+
 	sk->sk_state = PPPOX_CONNECTED;
 	l2tp_info(session, L2TP_MSG_CONTROL, "%s: created\n",
 		  session->name);
@@ -849,6 +887,7 @@ static int pppol2tp_session_create(struc
 	}
 
 	ps = l2tp_session_priv(session);
+	mutex_init(&ps->sk_lock);
 	ps->tunnel_sock = tunnel->sock;
 
 	error = l2tp_session_register(session, tunnel);
@@ -1020,12 +1059,10 @@ static int pppol2tp_session_ioctl(struct
 		 "%s: pppol2tp_session_ioctl(cmd=%#x, arg=%#lx)\n",
 		 session->name, cmd, arg);
 
-	sk = ps->sock;
+	sk = pppol2tp_session_get_sock(session);
 	if (!sk)
 		return -EBADR;
 
-	sock_hold(sk);
-
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case SIOCGIFMTU:
 		err = -ENXIO;
@@ -1301,7 +1338,6 @@ static int pppol2tp_session_setsockopt(s
 				       int optname, int val)
 {
 	int err = 0;
-	struct pppol2tp_session *ps = l2tp_session_priv(session);
 
 	switch (optname) {
 	case PPPOL2TP_SO_RECVSEQ:
@@ -1322,8 +1358,8 @@ static int pppol2tp_session_setsockopt(s
 		}
 		session->send_seq = val ? -1 : 0;
 		{
-			struct sock *ssk      = ps->sock;
-			struct pppox_sock *po = pppox_sk(ssk);
+			struct pppox_sock *po = pppox_sk(sk);
+
 			po->chan.hdrlen = val ? PPPOL2TP_L2TP_HDR_SIZE_SEQ :
 				PPPOL2TP_L2TP_HDR_SIZE_NOSEQ;
 		}
@@ -1659,8 +1695,9 @@ static void pppol2tp_seq_session_show(st
 {
 	struct l2tp_session *session = v;
 	struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel = session->tunnel;
-	struct pppol2tp_session *ps = l2tp_session_priv(session);
-	struct pppox_sock *po = pppox_sk(ps->sock);
+	unsigned char state;
+	char user_data_ok;
+	struct sock *sk;
 	u32 ip = 0;
 	u16 port = 0;
 
@@ -1670,6 +1707,15 @@ static void pppol2tp_seq_session_show(st
 		port = ntohs(inet->inet_sport);
 	}
 
+	sk = pppol2tp_session_get_sock(session);
+	if (sk) {
+		state = sk->sk_state;
+		user_data_ok = (session == sk->sk_user_data) ? 'Y' : 'N';
+	} else {
+		state = 0;
+		user_data_ok = 'N';
+	}
+
 	seq_printf(m, "  SESSION '%s' %08X/%d %04X/%04X -> "
 		   "%04X/%04X %d %c\n",
 		   session->name, ip, port,
@@ -1677,9 +1723,7 @@ static void pppol2tp_seq_session_show(st
 		   session->session_id,
 		   tunnel->peer_tunnel_id,
 		   session->peer_session_id,
-		   ps->sock->sk_state,
-		   (session == ps->sock->sk_user_data) ?
-		   'Y' : 'N');
+		   state, user_data_ok);
 	seq_printf(m, "   %d/%d/%c/%c/%s %08x %u\n",
 		   session->mtu, session->mru,
 		   session->recv_seq ? 'R' : '-',
@@ -1696,8 +1740,12 @@ static void pppol2tp_seq_session_show(st
 		   atomic_long_read(&session->stats.rx_bytes),
 		   atomic_long_read(&session->stats.rx_errors));
 
-	if (po)
+	if (sk) {
+		struct pppox_sock *po = pppox_sk(sk);
+
 		seq_printf(m, "   interface %s\n", ppp_dev_name(&po->chan));
+		sock_put(sk);
+	}
 }
 
 static int pppol2tp_seq_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
