--- x/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ y/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -1298,8 +1298,10 @@ static void l2tp_tunnel_closeall(struct
 	list_for_each_safe(pos, tmp, &tunnel->session_list) {
 		session = list_entry(pos, struct l2tp_session, list);
 		list_del_init(&session->list);
+		l2tp_session_inc_refcount(session);
 		spin_unlock_bh(&tunnel->list_lock);
 		l2tp_session_delete(session);
+		l2tp_session_dec_refcount(session);
 		spin_lock_bh(&tunnel->list_lock);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_bh(&tunnel->list_lock);
--- x/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
+++ y/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
@@ -393,14 +393,6 @@ abort:
  * Session (and tunnel control) socket create/destroy.
  *****************************************************************************/
 
-static void pppol2tp_put_sk(struct rcu_head *head)
-{
-	struct pppol2tp_session *ps;
-
-	ps = container_of(head, typeof(*ps), rcu);
-	sock_put(ps->__sk);
-}
-
 /* Really kill the session socket. (Called from sock_put() if
  * refcnt == 0.)
  */
@@ -444,22 +436,8 @@ static int pppol2tp_release(struct socke
 
 	session = pppol2tp_sock_to_session(sk);
 	if (session) {
-		struct pppol2tp_session *ps;
-
 		l2tp_session_delete(session);
-
-		ps = l2tp_session_priv(session);
-		mutex_lock(&ps->sk_lock);
-		ps->__sk = rcu_dereference_protected(ps->sk,
-						     lockdep_is_held(&ps->sk_lock));
-		RCU_INIT_POINTER(ps->sk, NULL);
-		mutex_unlock(&ps->sk_lock);
-		call_rcu(&ps->rcu, pppol2tp_put_sk);
-
-		/* Rely on the sock_put() call at the end of the function for
-		 * dropping the reference held by pppol2tp_sock_to_session().
-		 * The last reference will be dropped by pppol2tp_put_sk().
-		 */
+		l2tp_session_dec_refcount(session);
 	}
 
 	release_sock(sk);
@@ -831,6 +809,7 @@ static int pppol2tp_connect(struct socke
 out_no_ppp:
 	/* This is how we get the session context from the socket. */
 	sk->sk_user_data = session;
+	l2tp_session_inc_refcount(session);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(ps->sk, sk);
 	mutex_unlock(&ps->sk_lock);