diff --git a/include/net/ip_fib.h b/include/net/ip_fib.h
index ab5348e57db1..3417ba2d27ad 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_fib.h
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ int fib_validate_source(struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 src, __be32 dst,
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
 static inline int fib_num_tclassid_users(struct net *net)
 {
-	return net->ipv4.fib_num_tclassid_users;
+	return atomic_read(&net->ipv4.fib_num_tclassid_users);
 }
 #else
 static inline int fib_num_tclassid_users(struct net *net)
diff --git a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
index 2f65701a43c9..6c5b2efc4f17 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ struct netns_ipv4 {
 	bool			fib_has_custom_local_routes;
 	bool			fib_offload_disabled;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
-	int			fib_num_tclassid_users;
+	atomic_t		fib_num_tclassid_users;
 #endif
 	struct hlist_head	*fib_table_hash;
 	struct sock		*fibnl;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index 9fe13e4f5d08..4d61ddd8a0ec 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ static int __net_init fib_net_init(struct net *net)
 	int error;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
-	net->ipv4.fib_num_tclassid_users = 0;
+	atomic_set(&net->ipv4.fib_num_tclassid_users, 0);
 #endif
 	error = ip_fib_net_init(net);
 	if (error < 0)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
index 364ad3446b2f..d279cb8ac158 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ static int fib4_rule_configure(struct fib_rule *rule, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (tb[FRA_FLOW]) {
 		rule4->tclassid = nla_get_u32(tb[FRA_FLOW]);
 		if (rule4->tclassid)
-			net->ipv4.fib_num_tclassid_users++;
+			atomic_inc(&net->ipv4.fib_num_tclassid_users);
 	}
 #endif
 
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static int fib4_rule_delete(struct fib_rule *rule)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
 	if (((struct fib4_rule *)rule)->tclassid)
-		net->ipv4.fib_num_tclassid_users--;
+		atomic_dec(&net->ipv4.fib_num_tclassid_users);
 #endif
 	net->ipv4.fib_has_custom_rules = true;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 3364cb9c67e0..fde7797b5806 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void fib_nh_release(struct net *net, struct fib_nh *fib_nh)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
 	if (fib_nh->nh_tclassid)
-		net->ipv4.fib_num_tclassid_users--;
+		atomic_dec(&net->ipv4.fib_num_tclassid_users);
 #endif
 	fib_nh_common_release(&fib_nh->nh_common);
 }
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ int fib_nh_init(struct net *net, struct fib_nh *nh,
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
 	nh->nh_tclassid = cfg->fc_flow;
 	if (nh->nh_tclassid)
-		net->ipv4.fib_num_tclassid_users++;
+		atomic_inc(&net->ipv4.fib_num_tclassid_users);
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
 	nh->fib_nh_weight = nh_weight;