diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index 393355d37b47..513cab08a986 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -1347,11 +1347,10 @@ static void l2tp_tunnel_free(struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel)
 	/* Remove from tunnel list */
 	spin_lock_bh(&pn->l2tp_tunnel_list_lock);
 	list_del_rcu(&tunnel->list);
+	kfree_rcu(tunnel, rcu);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&pn->l2tp_tunnel_list_lock);
-	synchronize_rcu();
 
 	atomic_dec(&l2tp_tunnel_count);
-	kfree(tunnel);
 }
 
 /* Create a socket for the tunnel, if one isn't set up by
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
index a38ec6cdeee1..56d583e083a7 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ struct l2tp_tunnel_cfg {
 
 struct l2tp_tunnel {
 	int			magic;		/* Should be L2TP_TUNNEL_MAGIC */
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
 	rwlock_t		hlist_lock;	/* protect session_hlist */
 	struct hlist_head	session_hlist[L2TP_HASH_SIZE];
 						/* hashed list of sessions,