diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 80a537ac26cd2..4afa64c813045 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -1103,7 +1103,6 @@ struct nft_rule_blob {
  *	@name: name of the chain
  *	@udlen: user data length
  *	@udata: user data in the chain
- *	@rcu_head: rcu head for deferred release
  *	@blob_next: rule blob pointer to the next in the chain
  */
 struct nft_chain {
@@ -1121,7 +1120,6 @@ struct nft_chain {
 	char				*name;
 	u16				udlen;
 	u8				*udata;
-	struct rcu_head			rcu_head;
 
 	/* Only used during control plane commit phase: */
 	struct nft_rule_blob		*blob_next;
@@ -1265,7 +1263,6 @@ static inline void nft_use_inc_restore(u32 *use)
  *	@sets: sets in the table
  *	@objects: stateful objects in the table
  *	@flowtables: flow tables in the table
- *	@net: netnamespace this table belongs to
  *	@hgenerator: handle generator state
  *	@handle: table handle
  *	@use: number of chain references to this table
@@ -1285,7 +1282,6 @@ struct nft_table {
 	struct list_head		sets;
 	struct list_head		objects;
 	struct list_head		flowtables;
-	possible_net_t			net;
 	u64				hgenerator;
 	u64				handle;
 	u32				use;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 21b6f7410a1f5..0b9f1e8dfe49b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -1596,7 +1596,6 @@ static int nf_tables_newtable(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nfnl_info *info,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&table->sets);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&table->objects);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&table->flowtables);
-	write_pnet(&table->net, net);
 	table->family = family;
 	table->flags = flags;
 	table->handle = ++nft_net->table_handle;
@@ -3987,8 +3986,11 @@ void nf_tables_rule_destroy(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_rule *rule)
 	kfree(rule);
 }
 
+/* can only be used if rule is no longer visible to dumps */
 static void nf_tables_rule_release(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_rule *rule)
 {
+	lockdep_commit_lock_is_held(ctx->net);
+
 	nft_rule_expr_deactivate(ctx, rule, NFT_TRANS_RELEASE);
 	nf_tables_rule_destroy(ctx, rule);
 }
@@ -5757,6 +5759,8 @@ void nf_tables_deactivate_set(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
 			      struct nft_set_binding *binding,
 			      enum nft_trans_phase phase)
 {
+	lockdep_commit_lock_is_held(ctx->net);
+
 	switch (phase) {
 	case NFT_TRANS_PREPARE_ERROR:
 		nft_set_trans_unbind(ctx, set);
@@ -11695,19 +11699,6 @@ static void __nft_release_basechain_now(struct nft_ctx *ctx)
 	nf_tables_chain_destroy(ctx->chain);
 }
 
-static void nft_release_basechain_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
-{
-	struct nft_chain *chain = container_of(head, struct nft_chain, rcu_head);
-	struct nft_ctx ctx = {
-		.family	= chain->table->family,
-		.chain	= chain,
-		.net	= read_pnet(&chain->table->net),
-	};
-
-	__nft_release_basechain_now(&ctx);
-	put_net(ctx.net);
-}
-
 int __nft_release_basechain(struct nft_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct nft_rule *rule;
@@ -11722,11 +11713,18 @@ int __nft_release_basechain(struct nft_ctx *ctx)
 	nft_chain_del(ctx->chain);
 	nft_use_dec(&ctx->table->use);
 
-	if (maybe_get_net(ctx->net))
-		call_rcu(&ctx->chain->rcu_head, nft_release_basechain_rcu);
-	else
+	if (!maybe_get_net(ctx->net)) {
 		__nft_release_basechain_now(ctx);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* wait for ruleset dumps to complete.  Owning chain is no longer in
+	 * lists, so new dumps can't find any of these rules anymore.
+	 */
+	synchronize_rcu();
 
+	__nft_release_basechain_now(ctx);
+	put_net(ctx->net);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__nft_release_basechain);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_IDLETIMER.c b/net/netfilter/xt_IDLETIMER.c
index 85f017e37cfcc..9f54819eb52ca 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_IDLETIMER.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_IDLETIMER.c
@@ -407,21 +407,23 @@ static void idletimer_tg_destroy(const struct xt_tgdtor_param *par)
 
 	mutex_lock(&list_mutex);
 
-	if (--info->timer->refcnt == 0) {
-		pr_debug("deleting timer %s\n", info->label);
-
-		list_del(&info->timer->entry);
-		timer_shutdown_sync(&info->timer->timer);
-		cancel_work_sync(&info->timer->work);
-		sysfs_remove_file(idletimer_tg_kobj, &info->timer->attr.attr);
-		kfree(info->timer->attr.attr.name);
-		kfree(info->timer);
-	} else {
+	if (--info->timer->refcnt > 0) {
 		pr_debug("decreased refcnt of timer %s to %u\n",
 			 info->label, info->timer->refcnt);
+		mutex_unlock(&list_mutex);
+		return;
 	}
 
+	pr_debug("deleting timer %s\n", info->label);
+
+	list_del(&info->timer->entry);
 	mutex_unlock(&list_mutex);
+
+	timer_shutdown_sync(&info->timer->timer);
+	cancel_work_sync(&info->timer->work);
+	sysfs_remove_file(idletimer_tg_kobj, &info->timer->attr.attr);
+	kfree(info->timer->attr.attr.name);
+	kfree(info->timer);
 }
 
 static void idletimer_tg_destroy_v1(const struct xt_tgdtor_param *par)
@@ -432,25 +434,27 @@ static void idletimer_tg_destroy_v1(const struct xt_tgdtor_param *par)
 
 	mutex_lock(&list_mutex);
 
-	if (--info->timer->refcnt == 0) {
-		pr_debug("deleting timer %s\n", info->label);
-
-		list_del(&info->timer->entry);
-		if (info->timer->timer_type & XT_IDLETIMER_ALARM) {
-			alarm_cancel(&info->timer->alarm);
-		} else {
-			timer_shutdown_sync(&info->timer->timer);
-		}
-		cancel_work_sync(&info->timer->work);
-		sysfs_remove_file(idletimer_tg_kobj, &info->timer->attr.attr);
-		kfree(info->timer->attr.attr.name);
-		kfree(info->timer);
-	} else {
+	if (--info->timer->refcnt > 0) {
 		pr_debug("decreased refcnt of timer %s to %u\n",
 			 info->label, info->timer->refcnt);
+		mutex_unlock(&list_mutex);
+		return;
 	}
 
+	pr_debug("deleting timer %s\n", info->label);
+
+	list_del(&info->timer->entry);
 	mutex_unlock(&list_mutex);
+
+	if (info->timer->timer_type & XT_IDLETIMER_ALARM) {
+		alarm_cancel(&info->timer->alarm);
+	} else {
+		timer_shutdown_sync(&info->timer->timer);
+	}
+	cancel_work_sync(&info->timer->work);
+	sysfs_remove_file(idletimer_tg_kobj, &info->timer->attr.attr);
+	kfree(info->timer->attr.attr.name);
+	kfree(info->timer);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/rpath.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/rpath.sh
index 4485fd7675ed7..86ec4e68594dc 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/rpath.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/rpath.sh
@@ -61,9 +61,20 @@ ip -net "$ns2" a a 192.168.42.1/24 dev d0
 ip -net "$ns1" a a fec0:42::2/64 dev v0 nodad
 ip -net "$ns2" a a fec0:42::1/64 dev d0 nodad
 
+# avoid neighbor lookups and enable martian IPv6 pings
+ns2_hwaddr=$(ip -net "$ns2" link show dev v0 | \
+	     sed -n 's, *link/ether \([^ ]*\) .*,\1,p')
+ns1_hwaddr=$(ip -net "$ns1" link show dev v0 | \
+	     sed -n 's, *link/ether \([^ ]*\) .*,\1,p')
+ip -net "$ns1" neigh add fec0:42::1 lladdr "$ns2_hwaddr" nud permanent dev v0
+ip -net "$ns1" neigh add fec0:23::1 lladdr "$ns2_hwaddr" nud permanent dev v0
+ip -net "$ns2" neigh add fec0:42::2 lladdr "$ns1_hwaddr" nud permanent dev d0
+ip -net "$ns2" neigh add fec0:23::2 lladdr "$ns1_hwaddr" nud permanent dev v0
+
 # firewall matches to test
 [ -n "$iptables" ] && {
 	common='-t raw -A PREROUTING -s 192.168.0.0/16'
+	common+=' -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request'
 	if ! ip netns exec "$ns2" "$iptables" $common -m rpfilter;then
 		echo "Cannot add rpfilter rule"
 		exit $ksft_skip
@@ -72,6 +83,7 @@ ip -net "$ns2" a a fec0:42::1/64 dev d0 nodad
 }
 [ -n "$ip6tables" ] && {
 	common='-t raw -A PREROUTING -s fec0::/16'
+	common+=' -p icmpv6 --icmpv6-type echo-request'
 	if ! ip netns exec "$ns2" "$ip6tables" $common -m rpfilter;then
 		echo "Cannot add rpfilter rule"
 		exit $ksft_skip
@@ -82,8 +94,10 @@ ip -net "$ns2" a a fec0:42::1/64 dev d0 nodad
 table inet t {
 	chain c {
 		type filter hook prerouting priority raw;
-		ip saddr 192.168.0.0/16 fib saddr . iif oif exists counter
-		ip6 saddr fec0::/16 fib saddr . iif oif exists counter
+		ip saddr 192.168.0.0/16 icmp type echo-request \
+			fib saddr . iif oif exists counter
+		ip6 saddr fec0::/16 icmpv6 type echo-request \
+			fib saddr . iif oif exists counter
 	}
 }
 EOF