diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 0e976848d4bb..03f35764a40e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -610,18 +610,25 @@ static void fnhe_flush_routes(struct fib_nh_exception *fnhe)
 	}
 }
 
-static struct fib_nh_exception *fnhe_oldest(struct fnhe_hash_bucket *hash)
+static void fnhe_remove_oldest(struct fnhe_hash_bucket *hash)
 {
-	struct fib_nh_exception *fnhe, *oldest;
+	struct fib_nh_exception __rcu **fnhe_p, **oldest_p;
+	struct fib_nh_exception *fnhe, *oldest = NULL;
 
-	oldest = rcu_dereference(hash->chain);
-	for (fnhe = rcu_dereference(oldest->fnhe_next); fnhe;
-	     fnhe = rcu_dereference(fnhe->fnhe_next)) {
-		if (time_before(fnhe->fnhe_stamp, oldest->fnhe_stamp))
+	for (fnhe_p = &hash->chain; ; fnhe_p = &fnhe->fnhe_next) {
+		fnhe = rcu_dereference_protected(*fnhe_p,
+						 lockdep_is_held(&fnhe_lock));
+		if (!fnhe)
+			break;
+		if (!oldest ||
+		    time_before(fnhe->fnhe_stamp, oldest->fnhe_stamp)) {
 			oldest = fnhe;
+			oldest_p = fnhe_p;
+		}
 	}
 	fnhe_flush_routes(oldest);
-	return oldest;
+	*oldest_p = oldest->fnhe_next;
+	kfree_rcu(oldest, rcu);
 }
 
 static inline u32 fnhe_hashfun(__be32 daddr)
@@ -700,16 +707,21 @@ static void update_or_create_fnhe(struct fib_nh_common *nhc, __be32 daddr,
 		if (rt)
 			fill_route_from_fnhe(rt, fnhe);
 	} else {
-		if (depth > FNHE_RECLAIM_DEPTH)
-			fnhe = fnhe_oldest(hash);
-		else {
-			fnhe = kzalloc(sizeof(*fnhe), GFP_ATOMIC);
-			if (!fnhe)
-				goto out_unlock;
+		/* Randomize max depth to avoid some side channels attacks. */
+		int max_depth = FNHE_RECLAIM_DEPTH +
+				prandom_u32_max(FNHE_RECLAIM_DEPTH);
 
-			fnhe->fnhe_next = hash->chain;
-			rcu_assign_pointer(hash->chain, fnhe);
+		while (depth > max_depth) {
+			fnhe_remove_oldest(hash);
+			depth--;
 		}
+
+		fnhe = kzalloc(sizeof(*fnhe), GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (!fnhe)
+			goto out_unlock;
+
+		fnhe->fnhe_next = hash->chain;
+
 		fnhe->fnhe_genid = genid;
 		fnhe->fnhe_daddr = daddr;
 		fnhe->fnhe_gw = gw;
@@ -717,6 +729,8 @@ static void update_or_create_fnhe(struct fib_nh_common *nhc, __be32 daddr,
 		fnhe->fnhe_mtu_locked = lock;
 		fnhe->fnhe_expires = max(1UL, expires);
 
+		rcu_assign_pointer(hash->chain, fnhe);
+
 		/* Exception created; mark the cached routes for the nexthop
 		 * stale, so anyone caching it rechecks if this exception
 		 * applies to them.