diff --git a/net/mpls/af_mpls.c b/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
index 7b3f732269e4..bff427f31924 100644
--- a/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
+++ b/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ static void mpls_ifdown(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->mpls_ptr, NULL);
 
-	kfree(mdev);
+	kfree_rcu(mdev, rcu);
 }
 
 static int mpls_dev_notify(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
diff --git a/net/mpls/internal.h b/net/mpls/internal.h
index b064c345042c..8cabeb5a1cb9 100644
--- a/net/mpls/internal.h
+++ b/net/mpls/internal.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ struct mpls_dev {
 	int			input_enabled;
 
 	struct ctl_table_header *sysctl;
+	struct rcu_head		rcu;
 };
 
 struct sk_buff;