diff --git a/include/linux/ipv6.h b/include/linux/ipv6.h
index 0e6f5d2785e9db175548c8fbec82b4601e2eef12..f4e1790a5eed0103300413239efc1d19f21d48d2 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipv6.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct ipv6_devconf {
 	__s32		use_optimistic;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MROUTE
-	__s32		mc_forwarding;
+	atomic_t	mc_forwarding;
 #endif
 	__s32		disable_ipv6;
 	__s32		drop_unicast_in_l2_multicast;
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/multicast.c b/net/batman-adv/multicast.c
index 139894ca788b95f5e5af57123d318625a1cbb7a5..c8a341cd652c74a4b9ded015d049e922f347fbde 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/multicast.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/multicast.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static u8 batadv_mcast_mla_rtr_flags_softif_get_ipv6(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct inet6_dev *in6_dev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
 
-	if (in6_dev && in6_dev->cnf.mc_forwarding)
+	if (in6_dev && atomic_read(&in6_dev->cnf.mc_forwarding))
 		return BATADV_NO_FLAGS;
 	else
 		return BATADV_MCAST_WANT_NO_RTR6;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 1064edea88419227cef01ccf254679bb21b0fd8a..4e24f3f7595cd52387ac35443c79a3fb6cc550f0 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ static int inet6_netconf_fill_devconf(struct sk_buff *skb, int ifindex,
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MROUTE
 	if ((all || type == NETCONFA_MC_FORWARDING) &&
 	    nla_put_s32(skb, NETCONFA_MC_FORWARDING,
-			devconf->mc_forwarding) < 0)
+			atomic_read(&devconf->mc_forwarding)) < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 #endif
 	if ((all || type == NETCONFA_PROXY_NEIGH) &&
@@ -5519,7 +5519,7 @@ static inline void ipv6_store_devconf(struct ipv6_devconf *cnf,
 	array[DEVCONF_USE_OPTIMISTIC] = cnf->use_optimistic;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MROUTE
-	array[DEVCONF_MC_FORWARDING] = cnf->mc_forwarding;
+	array[DEVCONF_MC_FORWARDING] = atomic_read(&cnf->mc_forwarding);
 #endif
 	array[DEVCONF_DISABLE_IPV6] = cnf->disable_ipv6;
 	array[DEVCONF_ACCEPT_DAD] = cnf->accept_dad;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
index 06d60662717d1672dfeb9631cc21f5d6f1c92ab3..15ea3d082534d2e6616e3eaecc6623f2b453c12a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ int ip6_mc_input(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	/*
 	 *      IPv6 multicast router mode is now supported ;)
 	 */
-	if (dev_net(skb->dev)->ipv6.devconf_all->mc_forwarding &&
+	if (atomic_read(&dev_net(skb->dev)->ipv6.devconf_all->mc_forwarding) &&
 	    !(ipv6_addr_type(&hdr->daddr) &
 	      (IPV6_ADDR_LOOPBACK|IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL)) &&
 	    likely(!(IP6CB(skb)->flags & IP6SKB_FORWARDED))) {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
index 41cb348a7c3c4904ba4111d1c0e48044c7963ee2..5f0ac47acc74ba014589d2a44de2f38fd145d636 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ static int mif6_delete(struct mr_table *mrt, int vifi, int notify,
 
 	in6_dev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
 	if (in6_dev) {
-		in6_dev->cnf.mc_forwarding--;
+		atomic_dec(&in6_dev->cnf.mc_forwarding);
 		inet6_netconf_notify_devconf(dev_net(dev), RTM_NEWNETCONF,
 					     NETCONFA_MC_FORWARDING,
 					     dev->ifindex, &in6_dev->cnf);
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ static int mif6_add(struct net *net, struct mr_table *mrt,
 
 	in6_dev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
 	if (in6_dev) {
-		in6_dev->cnf.mc_forwarding++;
+		atomic_inc(&in6_dev->cnf.mc_forwarding);
 		inet6_netconf_notify_devconf(dev_net(dev), RTM_NEWNETCONF,
 					     NETCONFA_MC_FORWARDING,
 					     dev->ifindex, &in6_dev->cnf);
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@ static int ip6mr_sk_init(struct mr_table *mrt, struct sock *sk)
 	} else {
 		rcu_assign_pointer(mrt->mroute_sk, sk);
 		sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_RCU_FREE);
-		net->ipv6.devconf_all->mc_forwarding++;
+		atomic_inc(&net->ipv6.devconf_all->mc_forwarding);
 	}
 	write_unlock_bh(&mrt_lock);
 
@@ -1591,7 +1591,7 @@ int ip6mr_sk_done(struct sock *sk)
 			 * so the RCU grace period before sk freeing
 			 * is guaranteed by sk_destruct()
 			 */
-			net->ipv6.devconf_all->mc_forwarding--;
+			atomic_dec(&net->ipv6.devconf_all->mc_forwarding);
 			write_unlock_bh(&mrt_lock);
 			inet6_netconf_notify_devconf(net, RTM_NEWNETCONF,
 						     NETCONFA_MC_FORWARDING,