diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 581dc6bd7dc6..a340ab46b41c 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ struct sock {
 #endif
 	unsigned long 		sk_flags;
 	struct dst_entry	*sk_rx_dst;
-	struct dst_entry	*sk_dst_cache;
+	struct dst_entry __rcu	*sk_dst_cache;
 	spinlock_t		sk_dst_lock;
 	atomic_t		sk_wmem_alloc;
 	atomic_t		sk_omem_alloc;