diff --git a/net/can/gw.c b/net/can/gw.c
index ba4124805602..d8861e862f15 100644
--- a/net/can/gw.c
+++ b/net/can/gw.c
@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@ static int cgw_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
 			if (gwj->src.dev == dev || gwj->dst.dev == dev) {
 				hlist_del(&gwj->list);
 				cgw_unregister_filter(net, gwj);
+				synchronize_rcu();
 				kmem_cache_free(cgw_cache, gwj);
 			}
 		}
@@ -1154,6 +1155,7 @@ static void cgw_remove_all_jobs(struct net *net)
 	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(gwj, nx, &net->can.cgw_list, list) {
 		hlist_del(&gwj->list);
 		cgw_unregister_filter(net, gwj);
+		synchronize_rcu();
 		kmem_cache_free(cgw_cache, gwj);
 	}
 }
@@ -1222,6 +1224,7 @@ static int cgw_remove_job(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 
 		hlist_del(&gwj->list);
 		cgw_unregister_filter(net, gwj);
+		synchronize_rcu();
 		kmem_cache_free(cgw_cache, gwj);
 		err = 0;
 		break;