diff --git a/include/net/route.h b/include/net/route.h
index 6b55de2e4df8..3fccd31eb74d 100644
--- a/include/net/route.h
+++ b/include/net/route.h
@@ -129,7 +129,13 @@ struct in_device;
 
 int ip_rt_init(void);
 void rt_cache_flush(struct net *net);
+#ifdef CONFIG_INET
 void rt_flush_dev(struct net_device *dev);
+#else
+static inline void rt_flush_dev(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+}
+#endif
 
 static inline void inet_sk_init_flowi4(const struct inet_sock *inet,
 				       struct flowi4 *fl4)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index db765cb5811e..f76a4459d8e1 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
 #include <linux/ip.h>
 #include <net/ip.h>
 #include <net/mpls.h>
+#include <net/route.h>
 #include <linux/ipv6.h>
 #include <linux/in.h>
 #include <linux/jhash.h>
@@ -11886,6 +11887,9 @@ void netdev_run_todo(void)
 		linkwatch_sync_dev(dev);
 	}
 
+	if (!list_empty(&list))
+		rt_flush_dev(NULL);
+
 	cnt = 0;
 	while (!list_empty(&list)) {
 		dev = netdev_wait_allrefs_any(&list);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index d7da2f1acbb5..1b641901f10d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -1587,6 +1587,9 @@ void rt_flush_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 	struct rtable *rt, *safe;
 	int cpu;
 
+	if (dev && dev->dismantle)
+		return;
+
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		struct uncached_list *ul = &per_cpu(rt_uncached_list, cpu);
 
@@ -1595,10 +1598,14 @@ void rt_flush_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 
 		spin_lock_bh(&ul->lock);
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(rt, safe, &ul->head, dst.rt_uncached) {
-			if (rt->dst.dev != dev)
+			struct net_device *rt_dev = rt->dst.dev;
+
+			if (dev ? rt_dev != dev :
+			    READ_ONCE(rt_dev->reg_state) != NETREG_UNREGISTERED)
 				continue;
+
 			rcu_assign_pointer(rt->dst.dev_rcu, blackhole_netdev);
-			netdev_ref_replace(dev, blackhole_netdev,
+			netdev_ref_replace(rt_dev, blackhole_netdev,
 					   &rt->dst.dev_tracker, GFP_ATOMIC);
 			list_del_init(&rt->dst.rt_uncached);
 		}