diff --git a/include/net/neighbour.h b/include/net/neighbour.h
index 4014b623880c..6fe8c2cd5acb 100644
--- a/include/net/neighbour.h
+++ b/include/net/neighbour.h
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ struct pneigh_entry {
 
 struct neigh_hash_table {
 	struct neighbour __rcu	**hash_buckets;
-	unsigned int		hash_mask;
+	unsigned int		hash_shift;
 	__u32			hash_rnd;
 	struct rcu_head		rcu;
 };
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index ceb505b1507c..4d5fc9433fd9 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static int neigh_forced_gc(struct neigh_table *tbl)
 	write_lock_bh(&tbl->lock);
 	nht = rcu_dereference_protected(tbl->nht,
 					lockdep_is_held(&tbl->lock));
-	for (i = 0; i <= nht->hash_mask; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < (1 << nht->hash_shift); i++) {
 		struct neighbour *n;
 		struct neighbour __rcu **np;
 
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static void neigh_flush_dev(struct neigh_table *tbl, struct net_device *dev)
 	nht = rcu_dereference_protected(tbl->nht,
 					lockdep_is_held(&tbl->lock));
 
-	for (i = 0; i <= nht->hash_mask; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < (1 << nht->hash_shift); i++) {
 		struct neighbour *n;
 		struct neighbour __rcu **np = &nht->hash_buckets[i];
 
@@ -312,9 +312,9 @@ static struct neighbour *neigh_alloc(struct neigh_table *tbl)
 	goto out;
 }
 
-static struct neigh_hash_table *neigh_hash_alloc(unsigned int entries)
+static struct neigh_hash_table *neigh_hash_alloc(unsigned int shift)
 {
-	size_t size = entries * sizeof(struct neighbour *);
+	size_t size = (1 << shift) * sizeof(struct neighbour *);
 	struct neigh_hash_table *ret;
 	struct neighbour __rcu **buckets;
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static struct neigh_hash_table *neigh_hash_alloc(unsigned int entries)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	ret->hash_buckets = buckets;
-	ret->hash_mask = entries - 1;
+	ret->hash_shift = shift;
 	get_random_bytes(&ret->hash_rnd, sizeof(ret->hash_rnd));
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static void neigh_hash_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
 	struct neigh_hash_table *nht = container_of(head,
 						    struct neigh_hash_table,
 						    rcu);
-	size_t size = (nht->hash_mask + 1) * sizeof(struct neighbour *);
+	size_t size = (1 << nht->hash_shift) * sizeof(struct neighbour *);
 	struct neighbour __rcu **buckets = nht->hash_buckets;
 
 	if (size <= PAGE_SIZE)
@@ -353,21 +353,20 @@ static void neigh_hash_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
 }
 
 static struct neigh_hash_table *neigh_hash_grow(struct neigh_table *tbl,
-						unsigned long new_entries)
+						unsigned long new_shift)
 {
 	unsigned int i, hash;
 	struct neigh_hash_table *new_nht, *old_nht;
 
 	NEIGH_CACHE_STAT_INC(tbl, hash_grows);
 
-	BUG_ON(!is_power_of_2(new_entries));
 	old_nht = rcu_dereference_protected(tbl->nht,
 					    lockdep_is_held(&tbl->lock));
-	new_nht = neigh_hash_alloc(new_entries);
+	new_nht = neigh_hash_alloc(new_shift);
 	if (!new_nht)
 		return old_nht;
 
-	for (i = 0; i <= old_nht->hash_mask; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < (1 << old_nht->hash_shift); i++) {
 		struct neighbour *n, *next;
 
 		for (n = rcu_dereference_protected(old_nht->hash_buckets[i],
@@ -377,7 +376,7 @@ static struct neigh_hash_table *neigh_hash_grow(struct neigh_table *tbl,
 			hash = tbl->hash(n->primary_key, n->dev,
 					 new_nht->hash_rnd);
 
-			hash &= new_nht->hash_mask;
+			hash >>= (32 - new_nht->hash_shift);
 			next = rcu_dereference_protected(n->next,
 						lockdep_is_held(&tbl->lock));
 
@@ -406,7 +405,7 @@ struct neighbour *neigh_lookup(struct neigh_table *tbl, const void *pkey,
 
 	rcu_read_lock_bh();
 	nht = rcu_dereference_bh(tbl->nht);
-	hash_val = tbl->hash(pkey, dev, nht->hash_rnd) & nht->hash_mask;
+	hash_val = tbl->hash(pkey, dev, nht->hash_rnd) >> (32 - nht->hash_shift);
 
 	for (n = rcu_dereference_bh(nht->hash_buckets[hash_val]);
 	     n != NULL;
@@ -436,7 +435,7 @@ struct neighbour *neigh_lookup_nodev(struct neigh_table *tbl, struct net *net,
 
 	rcu_read_lock_bh();
 	nht = rcu_dereference_bh(tbl->nht);
-	hash_val = tbl->hash(pkey, NULL, nht->hash_rnd) & nht->hash_mask;
+	hash_val = tbl->hash(pkey, NULL, nht->hash_rnd) >> (32 - nht->hash_shift);
 
 	for (n = rcu_dereference_bh(nht->hash_buckets[hash_val]);
 	     n != NULL;
@@ -492,10 +491,10 @@ struct neighbour *neigh_create(struct neigh_table *tbl, const void *pkey,
 	nht = rcu_dereference_protected(tbl->nht,
 					lockdep_is_held(&tbl->lock));
 
-	if (atomic_read(&tbl->entries) > (nht->hash_mask + 1))
-		nht = neigh_hash_grow(tbl, (nht->hash_mask + 1) << 1);
+	if (atomic_read(&tbl->entries) > (1 << nht->hash_shift))
+		nht = neigh_hash_grow(tbl, nht->hash_shift + 1);
 
-	hash_val = tbl->hash(pkey, dev, nht->hash_rnd) & nht->hash_mask;
+	hash_val = tbl->hash(pkey, dev, nht->hash_rnd) >> (32 - nht->hash_shift);
 
 	if (n->parms->dead) {
 		rc = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
@@ -784,7 +783,7 @@ static void neigh_periodic_work(struct work_struct *work)
 				neigh_rand_reach_time(p->base_reachable_time);
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0 ; i <= nht->hash_mask; i++) {
+	for (i = 0 ; i < (1 << nht->hash_shift); i++) {
 		np = &nht->hash_buckets[i];
 
 		while ((n = rcu_dereference_protected(*np,
@@ -1540,7 +1539,7 @@ void neigh_table_init_no_netlink(struct neigh_table *tbl)
 		panic("cannot create neighbour proc dir entry");
 #endif
 
-	RCU_INIT_POINTER(tbl->nht, neigh_hash_alloc(8));
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(tbl->nht, neigh_hash_alloc(3));
 
 	phsize = (PNEIGH_HASHMASK + 1) * sizeof(struct pneigh_entry *);
 	tbl->phash_buckets = kzalloc(phsize, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1857,7 +1856,7 @@ static int neightbl_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct neigh_table *tbl,
 		rcu_read_lock_bh();
 		nht = rcu_dereference_bh(tbl->nht);
 		ndc.ndtc_hash_rnd = nht->hash_rnd;
-		ndc.ndtc_hash_mask = nht->hash_mask;
+		ndc.ndtc_hash_mask = ((1 << nht->hash_shift) - 1);
 		rcu_read_unlock_bh();
 
 		NLA_PUT(skb, NDTA_CONFIG, sizeof(ndc), &ndc);
@@ -2200,7 +2199,7 @@ static int neigh_dump_table(struct neigh_table *tbl, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	rcu_read_lock_bh();
 	nht = rcu_dereference_bh(tbl->nht);
 
-	for (h = 0; h <= nht->hash_mask; h++) {
+	for (h = 0; h < (1 << nht->hash_shift); h++) {
 		if (h < s_h)
 			continue;
 		if (h > s_h)
@@ -2264,7 +2263,7 @@ void neigh_for_each(struct neigh_table *tbl, void (*cb)(struct neighbour *, void
 	nht = rcu_dereference_bh(tbl->nht);
 
 	read_lock(&tbl->lock); /* avoid resizes */
-	for (chain = 0; chain <= nht->hash_mask; chain++) {
+	for (chain = 0; chain < (1 << nht->hash_shift); chain++) {
 		struct neighbour *n;
 
 		for (n = rcu_dereference_bh(nht->hash_buckets[chain]);
@@ -2286,7 +2285,7 @@ void __neigh_for_each_release(struct neigh_table *tbl,
 
 	nht = rcu_dereference_protected(tbl->nht,
 					lockdep_is_held(&tbl->lock));
-	for (chain = 0; chain <= nht->hash_mask; chain++) {
+	for (chain = 0; chain < (1 << nht->hash_shift); chain++) {
 		struct neighbour *n;
 		struct neighbour __rcu **np;
 
@@ -2323,7 +2322,7 @@ static struct neighbour *neigh_get_first(struct seq_file *seq)
 	int bucket = state->bucket;
 
 	state->flags &= ~NEIGH_SEQ_IS_PNEIGH;
-	for (bucket = 0; bucket <= nht->hash_mask; bucket++) {
+	for (bucket = 0; bucket < (1 << nht->hash_shift); bucket++) {
 		n = rcu_dereference_bh(nht->hash_buckets[bucket]);
 
 		while (n) {
@@ -2390,7 +2389,7 @@ static struct neighbour *neigh_get_next(struct seq_file *seq,
 		if (n)
 			break;
 
-		if (++state->bucket > nht->hash_mask)
+		if (++state->bucket >= (1 << nht->hash_shift))
 			break;
 
 		n = rcu_dereference_bh(nht->hash_buckets[state->bucket]);