diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index cf355a3..c48ea87 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -219,8 +219,6 @@
 
 extern void			fib6_rules_init(void);
 extern void			fib6_rules_cleanup(void);
-extern int			fib6_rules_dump(struct sk_buff *,
-						struct netlink_callback *);
 
 #endif
 #endif
diff --git a/include/net/ip6_route.h b/include/net/ip6_route.h
index 4e927eb..5456fdd 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_route.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_route.h
@@ -116,12 +116,7 @@
 						   struct net_device *dev,
 						   u32 pmtu);
 
-struct nlmsghdr;
 struct netlink_callback;
-extern int inet6_dump_fib(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb);
-extern int inet6_rtm_newroute(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg);
-extern int inet6_rtm_delroute(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg);
-extern int inet6_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg);
 
 struct rt6_rtnl_dump_arg
 {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 38274c2..eecba18 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3613,23 +3613,6 @@
 		rtnl_set_sk_err(RTNLGRP_IPV6_PREFIX, err);
 }
 
-static struct rtnetlink_link inet6_rtnetlink_table[RTM_NR_MSGTYPES] = {
-	[RTM_GETLINK - RTM_BASE] = { .dumpit	= inet6_dump_ifinfo, },
-	[RTM_NEWADDR - RTM_BASE] = { .doit	= inet6_rtm_newaddr, },
-	[RTM_DELADDR - RTM_BASE] = { .doit	= inet6_rtm_deladdr, },
-	[RTM_GETADDR - RTM_BASE] = { .doit	= inet6_rtm_getaddr,
-				     .dumpit	= inet6_dump_ifaddr, },
-	[RTM_GETMULTICAST - RTM_BASE] = { .dumpit = inet6_dump_ifmcaddr, },
-	[RTM_GETANYCAST - RTM_BASE] = { .dumpit	= inet6_dump_ifacaddr, },
-	[RTM_NEWROUTE - RTM_BASE] = { .doit	= inet6_rtm_newroute, },
-	[RTM_DELROUTE - RTM_BASE] = { .doit	= inet6_rtm_delroute, },
-	[RTM_GETROUTE - RTM_BASE] = { .doit	= inet6_rtm_getroute,
-				      .dumpit	= inet6_dump_fib, },
-#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES
-	[RTM_GETRULE  - RTM_BASE] = { .dumpit   = fib6_rules_dump,   },
-#endif
-};
-
 static void __ipv6_ifa_notify(int event, struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
 {
 	inet6_ifa_notify(event ? : RTM_NEWADDR, ifp);
@@ -4149,7 +4132,18 @@
 	register_netdevice_notifier(&ipv6_dev_notf);
 
 	addrconf_verify(0);
-	rtnetlink_links[PF_INET6] = inet6_rtnetlink_table;
+
+	err = __rtnl_register(PF_INET6, RTM_GETLINK, NULL, inet6_dump_ifinfo);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto errout;
+
+	/* Only the first call to __rtnl_register can fail */
+	__rtnl_register(PF_INET6, RTM_NEWADDR, inet6_rtm_newaddr, NULL);
+	__rtnl_register(PF_INET6, RTM_DELADDR, inet6_rtm_deladdr, NULL);
+	__rtnl_register(PF_INET6, RTM_GETADDR, inet6_rtm_getaddr, inet6_dump_ifaddr);
+	__rtnl_register(PF_INET6, RTM_GETMULTICAST, NULL, inet6_dump_ifmcaddr);
+	__rtnl_register(PF_INET6, RTM_GETANYCAST, NULL, inet6_dump_ifacaddr);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 	addrconf_sysctl.sysctl_header =
 		register_sysctl_table(addrconf_sysctl.addrconf_root_dir);
@@ -4157,6 +4151,10 @@
 #endif
 
 	return 0;
+errout:
+	unregister_netdevice_notifier(&ipv6_dev_notf);
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 void __exit addrconf_cleanup(void)
@@ -4168,7 +4166,6 @@
 
 	unregister_netdevice_notifier(&ipv6_dev_notf);
 
-	rtnetlink_links[PF_INET6] = NULL;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 	addrconf_sysctl_unregister(&ipv6_devconf_dflt);
 	addrconf_sysctl_unregister(&ipv6_devconf);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index 7b917f8..82572b5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -945,6 +945,8 @@
 {
 	/* First of all disallow new sockets creation. */
 	sock_unregister(PF_INET6);
+	/* Disallow any further netlink messages */
+	rtnl_unregister_all(PF_INET6);
 
 	/* Cleanup code parts. */
 	ipv6_packet_cleanup();
diff --git a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
index ea3035b..c74da4b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 	return -ENOBUFS;
 }
 
-int fib6_rules_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
+static int fib6_rules_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 {
 	return fib_rules_dump(skb, cb, AF_INET6);
 }
@@ -255,9 +255,11 @@
 	list_add_tail(&main_rule.common.list, &fib6_rules);
 
 	fib_rules_register(&fib6_rules_ops);
+	__rtnl_register(PF_INET6, RTM_GETRULE, NULL, fib6_rules_dump);
 }
 
 void fib6_rules_cleanup(void)
 {
+	rtnl_unregister(PF_INET6, RTM_GETRULE);
 	fib_rules_unregister(&fib6_rules_ops);
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 268f476..ca08ee8 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
 	return res;
 }
 
-int inet6_dump_fib(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
+static int inet6_dump_fib(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 {
 	unsigned int h, s_h;
 	unsigned int e = 0, s_e;
@@ -1486,6 +1486,8 @@
 					   NULL, NULL);
 
 	fib6_tables_init();
+
+	__rtnl_register(PF_INET6, RTM_GETROUTE, NULL, inet6_dump_fib);
 }
 
 void fib6_gc_cleanup(void)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 52cbe1c..70f760f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2015,7 +2015,7 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-int inet6_rtm_delroute(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
+static int inet6_rtm_delroute(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
 {
 	struct fib6_config cfg;
 	int err;
@@ -2027,7 +2027,7 @@
 	return ip6_route_del(&cfg);
 }
 
-int inet6_rtm_newroute(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
+static int inet6_rtm_newroute(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
 {
 	struct fib6_config cfg;
 	int err;
@@ -2164,7 +2164,7 @@
 		     prefix, NLM_F_MULTI);
 }
 
-int inet6_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
+static int inet6_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
 {
 	struct nlattr *tb[RTA_MAX+1];
 	struct rt6_info *rt;
@@ -2508,6 +2508,10 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES
 	fib6_rules_init();
 #endif
+
+	__rtnl_register(PF_INET6, RTM_NEWROUTE, inet6_rtm_newroute, NULL);
+	__rtnl_register(PF_INET6, RTM_DELROUTE, inet6_rtm_delroute, NULL);
+	__rtnl_register(PF_INET6, RTM_GETROUTE, inet6_rtm_getroute, NULL);
 }
 
 void ip6_route_cleanup(void)