diff --git a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
index afa2c5049845..ea32b113089d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ static void remove_nexthop_from_groups(struct net *net, struct nexthop *nh,
 		remove_nh_grp_entry(net, nhge, nlinfo);
 
 	/* make sure all see the newly published array before releasing rtnl */
-	synchronize_rcu();
+	synchronize_net();
 }
 
 static void remove_nexthop_group(struct nexthop *nh, struct nl_info *nlinfo)