diff --git a/lib/rhashtable.c b/lib/rhashtable.c
index 4430233c4e117..1aef942976fe7 100644
--- a/lib/rhashtable.c
+++ b/lib/rhashtable.c
@@ -608,10 +608,10 @@ bool rhashtable_remove(struct rhashtable *ht, struct rhash_head *obj)
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	if (tbl != rht_dereference_rcu(ht->tbl, ht)) {
+	if (tbl != rht_dereference_rcu(ht->future_tbl, ht)) {
 		spin_unlock_bh(lock);
 
-		tbl = rht_dereference_rcu(ht->tbl, ht);
+		tbl = rht_dereference_rcu(ht->future_tbl, ht);
 		hash = head_hashfn(ht, tbl, obj);
 
 		lock = bucket_lock(tbl, hash);