diff --git a/net/ipv6/anycast.c b/net/ipv6/anycast.c
index 3b0429b..d10f2e2 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/anycast.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/anycast.c
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@
 
 static int ipv6_dev_ac_dec(struct net_device *dev, const struct in6_addr *addr);
 
-/* Big ac list lock for all the sockets */
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ipv6_sk_ac_lock);
-
-
 /*
  *	socket join an anycast group
  */
@@ -128,10 +124,8 @@
 
 	err = ipv6_dev_ac_inc(dev, addr);
 	if (!err) {
-		spin_lock_bh(&ipv6_sk_ac_lock);
 		pac->acl_next = np->ipv6_ac_list;
 		np->ipv6_ac_list = pac;
-		spin_unlock_bh(&ipv6_sk_ac_lock);
 		pac = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -152,7 +146,7 @@
 	struct ipv6_ac_socklist *pac, *prev_pac;
 	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&ipv6_sk_ac_lock);
+	rtnl_lock();
 	prev_pac = NULL;
 	for (pac = np->ipv6_ac_list; pac; pac = pac->acl_next) {
 		if ((ifindex == 0 || pac->acl_ifindex == ifindex) &&
@@ -161,7 +155,7 @@
 		prev_pac = pac;
 	}
 	if (!pac) {
-		spin_unlock_bh(&ipv6_sk_ac_lock);
+		rtnl_unlock();
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 	if (prev_pac)
@@ -169,9 +163,6 @@
 	else
 		np->ipv6_ac_list = pac->acl_next;
 
-	spin_unlock_bh(&ipv6_sk_ac_lock);
-
-	rtnl_lock();
 	dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, pac->acl_ifindex);
 	if (dev)
 		ipv6_dev_ac_dec(dev, &pac->acl_addr);
@@ -192,13 +183,11 @@
 	if (!np->ipv6_ac_list)
 		return;
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&ipv6_sk_ac_lock);
+	rtnl_lock();
 	pac = np->ipv6_ac_list;
 	np->ipv6_ac_list = NULL;
-	spin_unlock_bh(&ipv6_sk_ac_lock);
 
 	prev_index = 0;
-	rtnl_lock();
 	while (pac) {
 		struct ipv6_ac_socklist *next = pac->acl_next;