diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index ba72f6baae1a90..ae721f53739e56 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ struct netdev_queue {
  * read mostly part
  */
 	struct net_device	*dev;
-	struct Qdisc		*qdisc;
+	struct Qdisc __rcu	*qdisc;
 	struct Qdisc		*qdisc_sleeping;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 	struct kobject		kobj;
@@ -2356,12 +2356,7 @@ static inline void input_queue_tail_incr_save(struct softnet_data *sd,
 DECLARE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct softnet_data, softnet_data);
 
 void __netif_schedule(struct Qdisc *q);
-
-static inline void netif_schedule_queue(struct netdev_queue *txq)
-{
-	if (!(txq->state & QUEUE_STATE_ANY_XOFF))
-		__netif_schedule(txq->qdisc);
-}
+void netif_schedule_queue(struct netdev_queue *txq);
 
 static inline void netif_tx_schedule_all(struct net_device *dev)
 {
@@ -2397,11 +2392,7 @@ static inline void netif_tx_start_all_queues(struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 }
 
-static inline void netif_tx_wake_queue(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue)
-{
-	if (test_and_clear_bit(__QUEUE_STATE_DRV_XOFF, &dev_queue->state))
-		__netif_schedule(dev_queue->qdisc);
-}
+void netif_tx_wake_queue(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue);
 
 /**
  *	netif_wake_queue - restart transmit
@@ -2673,19 +2664,7 @@ static inline bool netif_subqueue_stopped(const struct net_device *dev,
 	return __netif_subqueue_stopped(dev, skb_get_queue_mapping(skb));
 }
 
-/**
- *	netif_wake_subqueue - allow sending packets on subqueue
- *	@dev: network device
- *	@queue_index: sub queue index
- *
- * Resume individual transmit queue of a device with multiple transmit queues.
- */
-static inline void netif_wake_subqueue(struct net_device *dev, u16 queue_index)
-{
-	struct netdev_queue *txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, queue_index);
-	if (test_and_clear_bit(__QUEUE_STATE_DRV_XOFF, &txq->state))
-		__netif_schedule(txq->qdisc);
-}
+void netif_wake_subqueue(struct net_device *dev, u16 queue_index);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XPS
 int netif_set_xps_queue(struct net_device *dev, const struct cpumask *mask,
diff --git a/include/net/sch_generic.h b/include/net/sch_generic.h
index a3cfb8ebeb53e2..56838ab29b42dc 100644
--- a/include/net/sch_generic.h
+++ b/include/net/sch_generic.h
@@ -259,7 +259,9 @@ static inline spinlock_t *qdisc_lock(struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 
 static inline struct Qdisc *qdisc_root(const struct Qdisc *qdisc)
 {
-	return qdisc->dev_queue->qdisc;
+	struct Qdisc *q = rcu_dereference_rtnl(qdisc->dev_queue->qdisc);
+
+	return q;
 }
 
 static inline struct Qdisc *qdisc_root_sleeping(const struct Qdisc *qdisc)
@@ -384,7 +386,7 @@ static inline void qdisc_reset_all_tx_gt(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int i)
 	struct Qdisc *qdisc;
 
 	for (; i < dev->num_tx_queues; i++) {
-		qdisc = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, i)->qdisc;
+		qdisc = rtnl_dereference(netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, i)->qdisc);
 		if (qdisc) {
 			spin_lock_bh(qdisc_lock(qdisc));
 			qdisc_reset(qdisc);
@@ -402,13 +404,18 @@ static inline void qdisc_reset_all_tx(struct net_device *dev)
 static inline bool qdisc_all_tx_empty(const struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	for (i = 0; i < dev->num_tx_queues; i++) {
 		struct netdev_queue *txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, i);
-		const struct Qdisc *q = txq->qdisc;
+		const struct Qdisc *q = rcu_dereference(txq->qdisc);
 
-		if (q->q.qlen)
+		if (q->q.qlen) {
+			rcu_read_unlock();
 			return false;
+		}
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -416,9 +423,10 @@ static inline bool qdisc_all_tx_empty(const struct net_device *dev)
 static inline bool qdisc_tx_changing(const struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < dev->num_tx_queues; i++) {
 		struct netdev_queue *txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, i);
-		if (txq->qdisc != txq->qdisc_sleeping)
+		if (rcu_access_pointer(txq->qdisc) != txq->qdisc_sleeping)
 			return true;
 	}
 	return false;
@@ -428,9 +436,10 @@ static inline bool qdisc_tx_changing(const struct net_device *dev)
 static inline bool qdisc_tx_is_noop(const struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < dev->num_tx_queues; i++) {
 		struct netdev_queue *txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, i);
-		if (txq->qdisc != &noop_qdisc)
+		if (rcu_access_pointer(txq->qdisc) != &noop_qdisc)
 			return false;
 	}
 	return true;
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 3c6a967e583070..b3d6dbc0c696a1 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2177,6 +2177,53 @@ static struct dev_kfree_skb_cb *get_kfree_skb_cb(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return (struct dev_kfree_skb_cb *)skb->cb;
 }
 
+void netif_schedule_queue(struct netdev_queue *txq)
+{
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (!(txq->state & QUEUE_STATE_ANY_XOFF)) {
+		struct Qdisc *q = rcu_dereference(txq->qdisc);
+
+		__netif_schedule(q);
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_schedule_queue);
+
+/**
+ *	netif_wake_subqueue - allow sending packets on subqueue
+ *	@dev: network device
+ *	@queue_index: sub queue index
+ *
+ * Resume individual transmit queue of a device with multiple transmit queues.
+ */
+void netif_wake_subqueue(struct net_device *dev, u16 queue_index)
+{
+	struct netdev_queue *txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, queue_index);
+
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(__QUEUE_STATE_DRV_XOFF, &txq->state)) {
+		struct Qdisc *q;
+
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		q = rcu_dereference(txq->qdisc);
+		__netif_schedule(q);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_wake_subqueue);
+
+void netif_tx_wake_queue(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue)
+{
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(__QUEUE_STATE_DRV_XOFF, &dev_queue->state)) {
+		struct Qdisc *q;
+
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		q = rcu_dereference(dev_queue->qdisc);
+		__netif_schedule(q);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_tx_wake_queue);
+
 void __dev_kfree_skb_irq(struct sk_buff *skb, enum skb_free_reason reason)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -3432,7 +3479,7 @@ static int ing_filter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netdev_queue *rxq)
 	skb->tc_verd = SET_TC_RTTL(skb->tc_verd, ttl);
 	skb->tc_verd = SET_TC_AT(skb->tc_verd, AT_INGRESS);
 
-	q = rxq->qdisc;
+	q = rcu_dereference(rxq->qdisc);
 	if (q != &noop_qdisc) {
 		spin_lock(qdisc_lock(q));
 		if (likely(!test_bit(__QDISC_STATE_DEACTIVATED, &q->state)))
@@ -3449,7 +3496,7 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *handle_ing(struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
 	struct netdev_queue *rxq = rcu_dereference(skb->dev->ingress_queue);
 
-	if (!rxq || rxq->qdisc == &noop_qdisc)
+	if (!rxq || rcu_access_pointer(rxq->qdisc) == &noop_qdisc)
 		goto out;
 
 	if (*pt_prev) {
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index 19696ebe9ebc89..346ef85617d3ee 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ static void dev_deactivate_queue(struct net_device *dev,
 	struct Qdisc *qdisc_default = _qdisc_default;
 	struct Qdisc *qdisc;
 
-	qdisc = dev_queue->qdisc;
+	qdisc = rtnl_dereference(dev_queue->qdisc);
 	if (qdisc) {
 		spin_lock_bh(qdisc_lock(qdisc));
 
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ static void dev_init_scheduler_queue(struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct Qdisc *qdisc = _qdisc;
 
-	dev_queue->qdisc = qdisc;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(dev_queue->qdisc, qdisc);
 	dev_queue->qdisc_sleeping = qdisc;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c b/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
index 6749e2f540d033..37e7d25d21f11d 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static int mqprio_dump(struct Qdisc *sch, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	memset(&sch->qstats, 0, sizeof(sch->qstats));
 
 	for (i = 0; i < dev->num_tx_queues; i++) {
-		qdisc = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, i)->qdisc;
+		qdisc = rtnl_dereference(netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, i)->qdisc);
 		spin_lock_bh(qdisc_lock(qdisc));
 		sch->q.qlen		+= qdisc->q.qlen;
 		sch->bstats.bytes	+= qdisc->bstats.bytes;
@@ -340,7 +340,9 @@ static int mqprio_dump_class_stats(struct Qdisc *sch, unsigned long cl,
 		spin_unlock_bh(d->lock);
 
 		for (i = tc.offset; i < tc.offset + tc.count; i++) {
-			qdisc = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, i)->qdisc;
+			struct netdev_queue *q = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, i);
+
+			qdisc = rtnl_dereference(q->qdisc);
 			spin_lock_bh(qdisc_lock(qdisc));
 			bstats.bytes      += qdisc->bstats.bytes;
 			bstats.packets    += qdisc->bstats.packets;
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_teql.c b/net/sched/sch_teql.c
index aaa8d03ed05478..5cd291bd00e442 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_teql.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_teql.c
@@ -96,11 +96,14 @@ teql_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
 	struct teql_sched_data *dat = qdisc_priv(sch);
 	struct netdev_queue *dat_queue;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	struct Qdisc *q;
 
 	skb = __skb_dequeue(&dat->q);
 	dat_queue = netdev_get_tx_queue(dat->m->dev, 0);
+	q = rcu_dereference_bh(dat_queue->qdisc);
+
 	if (skb == NULL) {
-		struct net_device *m = qdisc_dev(dat_queue->qdisc);
+		struct net_device *m = qdisc_dev(q);
 		if (m) {
 			dat->m->slaves = sch;
 			netif_wake_queue(m);
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ teql_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
 	} else {
 		qdisc_bstats_update(sch, skb);
 	}
-	sch->q.qlen = dat->q.qlen + dat_queue->qdisc->q.qlen;
+	sch->q.qlen = dat->q.qlen + q->q.qlen;
 	return skb;
 }
 
@@ -157,9 +160,9 @@ teql_destroy(struct Qdisc *sch)
 						txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(master->dev, 0);
 						master->slaves = NULL;
 
-						root_lock = qdisc_root_sleeping_lock(txq->qdisc);
+						root_lock = qdisc_root_sleeping_lock(rtnl_dereference(txq->qdisc));
 						spin_lock_bh(root_lock);
-						qdisc_reset(txq->qdisc);
+						qdisc_reset(rtnl_dereference(txq->qdisc));
 						spin_unlock_bh(root_lock);
 					}
 				}
@@ -266,7 +269,7 @@ static inline int teql_resolve(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct dst_entry *dst = skb_dst(skb);
 	int res;
 
-	if (txq->qdisc == &noop_qdisc)
+	if (rcu_access_pointer(txq->qdisc) == &noop_qdisc)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (!dev->header_ops || !dst)