diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_core.c b/net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_core.c
index 8242c8947340e8..5f8104cf082d0e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_core.c
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(udp_tunnel_xmit_skb);
 void udp_tunnel_sock_release(struct socket *sock)
 {
 	rcu_assign_sk_user_data(sock->sk, NULL);
+	synchronize_rcu();
 	kernel_sock_shutdown(sock, SHUT_RDWR);
 	sock_release(sock);
 }