diff --git a/include/net/act_api.h b/include/net/act_api.h
index c05fd717c588..bab385f13ac3 100644
--- a/include/net/act_api.h
+++ b/include/net/act_api.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct tcf_common {
 	struct gnet_stats_queue		tcfc_qstats;
 	struct gnet_stats_rate_est	tcfc_rate_est;
 	spinlock_t			tcfc_lock;
+	struct rcu_head			tcfc_rcu;
 };
 #define tcf_next	common.tcfc_next
 #define tcf_index	common.tcfc_index
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ struct tcf_common {
 #define tcf_qstats	common.tcfc_qstats
 #define tcf_rate_est	common.tcfc_rate_est
 #define tcf_lock	common.tcfc_lock
+#define tcf_rcu		common.tcfc_rcu
 
 struct tcf_police {
 	struct tcf_common	common;
diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/xt_rateest.h b/include/net/netfilter/xt_rateest.h
index ddbf37e19616..5e1427795928 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/xt_rateest.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/xt_rateest.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ struct xt_rateest {
 	struct gnet_estimator		params;
 	struct gnet_stats_rate_est	rstats;
 	struct gnet_stats_basic_packed	bstats;
+	struct rcu_head			rcu;
 };
 
 extern struct xt_rateest *xt_rateest_lookup(const char *name);
diff --git a/net/core/gen_estimator.c b/net/core/gen_estimator.c
index 785e5276a300..9fbe7f7429b0 100644
--- a/net/core/gen_estimator.c
+++ b/net/core/gen_estimator.c
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ static void __gen_kill_estimator(struct rcu_head *head)
  *
  * Removes the rate estimator specified by &bstats and &rate_est.
  *
+ * Note : Caller should respect an RCU grace period before freeing stats_lock
  */
 void gen_kill_estimator(struct gnet_stats_basic_packed *bstats,
 			struct gnet_stats_rate_est *rate_est)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c b/net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c
index 69c01e10f8af..de079abd5bc8 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c
@@ -60,13 +60,22 @@ struct xt_rateest *xt_rateest_lookup(const char *name)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xt_rateest_lookup);
 
+static void xt_rateest_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	kfree(container_of(head, struct xt_rateest, rcu));
+}
+
 void xt_rateest_put(struct xt_rateest *est)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&xt_rateest_mutex);
 	if (--est->refcnt == 0) {
 		hlist_del(&est->list);
 		gen_kill_estimator(&est->bstats, &est->rstats);
-		kfree(est);
+		/*
+		 * gen_estimator est_timer() might access est->lock or bstats,
+		 * wait a RCU grace period before freeing 'est'
+		 */
+		call_rcu(&est->rcu, xt_rateest_free_rcu);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&xt_rateest_mutex);
 }
@@ -179,6 +188,7 @@ static int __init xt_rateest_tg_init(void)
 static void __exit xt_rateest_tg_fini(void)
 {
 	xt_unregister_target(&xt_rateest_tg_reg);
+	rcu_barrier(); /* Wait for completion of call_rcu()'s (xt_rateest_free_rcu) */
 }
 
 
diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index 972378f47f3c..23b25f89e7e0 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
 #include <net/act_api.h>
 #include <net/netlink.h>
 
+static void tcf_common_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	kfree(container_of(head, struct tcf_common, tcfc_rcu));
+}
+
 void tcf_hash_destroy(struct tcf_common *p, struct tcf_hashinfo *hinfo)
 {
 	unsigned int h = tcf_hash(p->tcfc_index, hinfo->hmask);
@@ -38,7 +43,11 @@ void tcf_hash_destroy(struct tcf_common *p, struct tcf_hashinfo *hinfo)
 			write_unlock_bh(hinfo->lock);
 			gen_kill_estimator(&p->tcfc_bstats,
 					   &p->tcfc_rate_est);
-			kfree(p);
+			/*
+			 * gen_estimator est_timer() might access p->tcfc_lock
+			 * or bstats, wait a RCU grace period before freeing p
+			 */
+			call_rcu(&p->tcfc_rcu, tcf_common_free_rcu);
 			return;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/net/sched/act_police.c b/net/sched/act_police.c
index 654f73dff7c1..537a48732e9e 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_police.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_police.c
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ static int tcf_act_police_walker(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *c
 	goto done;
 }
 
+static void tcf_police_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	kfree(container_of(head, struct tcf_police, tcf_rcu));
+}
+
 static void tcf_police_destroy(struct tcf_police *p)
 {
 	unsigned int h = tcf_hash(p->tcf_index, POL_TAB_MASK);
@@ -113,7 +118,11 @@ static void tcf_police_destroy(struct tcf_police *p)
 				qdisc_put_rtab(p->tcfp_R_tab);
 			if (p->tcfp_P_tab)
 				qdisc_put_rtab(p->tcfp_P_tab);
-			kfree(p);
+			/*
+			 * gen_estimator est_timer() might access p->tcf_lock
+			 * or bstats, wait a RCU grace period before freeing p
+			 */
+			call_rcu(&p->tcf_rcu, tcf_police_free_rcu);
 			return;
 		}
 	}
@@ -397,6 +406,7 @@ static void __exit
 police_cleanup_module(void)
 {
 	tcf_unregister_action(&act_police_ops);
+	rcu_barrier(); /* Wait for completion of call_rcu()'s (tcf_police_free_rcu) */
 }
 
 module_init(police_init_module);