diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 65e76a48382c..e333bc86bd39 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -334,6 +334,9 @@ static void __inet_del_ifa(struct in_device *in_dev, struct in_ifaddr **ifap,
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
+	if (in_dev->dead)
+		goto no_promotions;
+
 	/* 1. Deleting primary ifaddr forces deletion all secondaries
 	 * unless alias promotion is set
 	 **/
@@ -380,6 +383,7 @@ static void __inet_del_ifa(struct in_device *in_dev, struct in_ifaddr **ifap,
 			fib_del_ifaddr(ifa, ifa1);
 	}
 
+no_promotions:
 	/* 2. Unlink it */
 
 	*ifap = ifa1->ifa_next;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index 473447593060..21add552e56a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -922,6 +922,9 @@ void fib_del_ifaddr(struct in_ifaddr *ifa, struct in_ifaddr *iprim)
 		subnet = 1;
 	}
 
+	if (in_dev->dead)
+		goto no_promotions;
+
 	/* Deletion is more complicated than add.
 	 * We should take care of not to delete too much :-)
 	 *
@@ -997,6 +1000,7 @@ void fib_del_ifaddr(struct in_ifaddr *ifa, struct in_ifaddr *iprim)
 		}
 	}
 
+no_promotions:
 	if (!(ok & BRD_OK))
 		fib_magic(RTM_DELROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, ifa->ifa_broadcast, 32, prim);
 	if (subnet && ifa->ifa_prefixlen < 31) {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4.c
index c6eb42100e9a..ea91058b5f6f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4.c
@@ -108,10 +108,18 @@ static int masq_inet_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 			   unsigned long event,
 			   void *ptr)
 {
-	struct net_device *dev = ((struct in_ifaddr *)ptr)->ifa_dev->dev;
+	struct in_device *idev = ((struct in_ifaddr *)ptr)->ifa_dev;
 	struct netdev_notifier_info info;
 
-	netdev_notifier_info_init(&info, dev);
+	/* The masq_dev_notifier will catch the case of the device going
+	 * down.  So if the inetdev is dead and being destroyed we have
+	 * no work to do.  Otherwise this is an individual address removal
+	 * and we have to perform the flush.
+	 */
+	if (idev->dead)
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
+	netdev_notifier_info_init(&info, idev->dev);
 	return masq_device_event(this, event, &info);
 }