diff --git a/net/core/fib_rules.c b/net/core/fib_rules.c
index 21698f8c49ee..1bc3f253ba6c 100644
--- a/net/core/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/core/fib_rules.c
@@ -494,7 +494,6 @@ static int fib_nl_delrule(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
 			}
 		}
 
-		synchronize_rcu();
 		notify_rule_change(RTM_DELRULE, rule, ops, nlh,
 				   NETLINK_CB(skb).pid);
 		fib_rule_put(rule);