diff --git a/include/net/dst_ops.h b/include/net/dst_ops.h
index 6d1c8541183d..3a9001a042a5 100644
--- a/include/net/dst_ops.h
+++ b/include/net/dst_ops.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct dst_ops {
 	void			(*destroy)(struct dst_entry *);
 	void			(*ifdown)(struct dst_entry *,
 					  struct net_device *dev);
-	struct dst_entry *	(*negative_advice)(struct dst_entry *);
+	void			(*negative_advice)(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *);
 	void			(*link_failure)(struct sk_buff *);
 	void			(*update_pmtu)(struct dst_entry *dst, struct sock *sk,
 					       struct sk_buff *skb, u32 mtu,
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 5f4d0629348f..953c8dc4e259 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -2063,17 +2063,10 @@ sk_dst_get(const struct sock *sk)
 
 static inline void __dst_negative_advice(struct sock *sk)
 {
-	struct dst_entry *ndst, *dst = __sk_dst_get(sk);
+	struct dst_entry *dst = __sk_dst_get(sk);
 
-	if (dst && dst->ops->negative_advice) {
-		ndst = dst->ops->negative_advice(dst);
-
-		if (ndst != dst) {
-			rcu_assign_pointer(sk->sk_dst_cache, ndst);
-			sk_tx_queue_clear(sk);
-			WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_dst_pending_confirm, 0);
-		}
-	}
+	if (dst && dst->ops->negative_advice)
+		dst->ops->negative_advice(sk, dst);
 }
 
 static inline void dst_negative_advice(struct sock *sk)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 5fd54103174f..b3073d1c8f8f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ struct dst_entry	*ipv4_dst_check(struct dst_entry *dst, u32 cookie);
 static unsigned int	 ipv4_default_advmss(const struct dst_entry *dst);
 INDIRECT_CALLABLE_SCOPE
 unsigned int		ipv4_mtu(const struct dst_entry *dst);
-static struct dst_entry *ipv4_negative_advice(struct dst_entry *dst);
+static void		ipv4_negative_advice(struct sock *sk,
+					     struct dst_entry *dst);
 static void		 ipv4_link_failure(struct sk_buff *skb);
 static void		 ip_rt_update_pmtu(struct dst_entry *dst, struct sock *sk,
 					   struct sk_buff *skb, u32 mtu,
@@ -825,22 +826,15 @@ static void ip_do_redirect(struct dst_entry *dst, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buf
 	__ip_do_redirect(rt, skb, &fl4, true);
 }
 
-static struct dst_entry *ipv4_negative_advice(struct dst_entry *dst)
+static void ipv4_negative_advice(struct sock *sk,
+				 struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
 	struct rtable *rt = dst_rtable(dst);
-	struct dst_entry *ret = dst;
 
-	if (rt) {
-		if (dst->obsolete > 0) {
-			ip_rt_put(rt);
-			ret = NULL;
-		} else if ((rt->rt_flags & RTCF_REDIRECTED) ||
-			   rt->dst.expires) {
-			ip_rt_put(rt);
-			ret = NULL;
-		}
-	}
-	return ret;
+	if ((dst->obsolete > 0) ||
+	    (rt->rt_flags & RTCF_REDIRECTED) ||
+	    rt->dst.expires)
+		sk_dst_reset(sk);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index bbc2a0dd9314..a504b88ec06b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ struct dst_entry	*ip6_dst_check(struct dst_entry *dst, u32 cookie);
 static unsigned int	 ip6_default_advmss(const struct dst_entry *dst);
 INDIRECT_CALLABLE_SCOPE
 unsigned int		ip6_mtu(const struct dst_entry *dst);
-static struct dst_entry *ip6_negative_advice(struct dst_entry *);
+static void		ip6_negative_advice(struct sock *sk,
+					    struct dst_entry *dst);
 static void		ip6_dst_destroy(struct dst_entry *);
 static void		ip6_dst_ifdown(struct dst_entry *,
 				       struct net_device *dev);
@@ -2770,24 +2771,24 @@ INDIRECT_CALLABLE_SCOPE struct dst_entry *ip6_dst_check(struct dst_entry *dst,
 }
 EXPORT_INDIRECT_CALLABLE(ip6_dst_check);
 
-static struct dst_entry *ip6_negative_advice(struct dst_entry *dst)
+static void ip6_negative_advice(struct sock *sk,
+				struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
 	struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 
-	if (rt) {
-		if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE) {
-			rcu_read_lock();
-			if (rt6_check_expired(rt)) {
-				rt6_remove_exception_rt(rt);
-				dst = NULL;
-			}
-			rcu_read_unlock();
-		} else {
-			dst_release(dst);
-			dst = NULL;
+	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE) {
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		if (rt6_check_expired(rt)) {
+			/* counteract the dst_release() in sk_dst_reset() */
+			dst_hold(dst);
+			sk_dst_reset(sk);
+
+			rt6_remove_exception_rt(rt);
 		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		return;
 	}
-	return dst;
+	sk_dst_reset(sk);
 }
 
 static void ip6_link_failure(struct sk_buff *skb)
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 475b904fe68b..66e07de2de35 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -3910,15 +3910,10 @@ static void xfrm_link_failure(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	/* Impossible. Such dst must be popped before reaches point of failure. */
 }
 
-static struct dst_entry *xfrm_negative_advice(struct dst_entry *dst)
+static void xfrm_negative_advice(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
-	if (dst) {
-		if (dst->obsolete) {
-			dst_release(dst);
-			dst = NULL;
-		}
-	}
-	return dst;
+	if (dst->obsolete)
+		sk_dst_reset(sk);
 }
 
 static void xfrm_init_pmtu(struct xfrm_dst **bundle, int nr)