diff --git a/include/net/ip_fib.h b/include/net/ip_fib.h
index 6692c57..0f04f4d 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_fib.h
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ int fib_unmerge(struct net *net);
 /* Exported by fib_semantics.c */
 int ip_fib_check_default(__be32 gw, struct net_device *dev);
 int fib_sync_down_dev(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long event, bool force);
+void fib_put_nh_devs(struct net_device *dev);
 int fib_sync_down_addr(struct net_device *dev, __be32 local);
 int fib_sync_up(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int nh_flags);
 
diff --git a/include/net/route.h b/include/net/route.h
index 2cc0e14..4335eb7 100644
--- a/include/net/route.h
+++ b/include/net/route.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct rtable {
 
 	struct list_head	rt_uncached;
 	struct uncached_list	*rt_uncached_list;
+	struct fib_info		*fi; /* for refcnt to shared metrics */
 };
 
 static inline bool rt_is_input_route(const struct rtable *rt)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index 39bd1ed..59b0a1d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -1178,6 +1178,9 @@ static int fib_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, vo
 		fib_disable_ip(dev, event, true);
 		rt_flush_dev(dev);
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+	} else if (event == NETDEV_UNREGISTER_FINAL) {
+		fib_put_nh_devs(dev);
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 	}
 
 	in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(dev);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index da449dd..b85c5bb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -1453,6 +1453,36 @@ int fib_sync_down_dev(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long event, bool force)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/* We have to release these nh_dev here because a dst could still hold a
+ * fib_info via rt->fi, we can't wait for GC, a socket could hold the dst
+ * for a long time.
+ */
+void fib_put_nh_devs(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct fib_info *prev_fi = NULL;
+	unsigned int hash = fib_devindex_hashfn(dev->ifindex);
+	struct hlist_head *head = &fib_info_devhash[hash];
+	struct fib_nh *nh;
+
+	hlist_for_each_entry(nh, head, nh_hash) {
+		struct fib_info *fi = nh->nh_parent;
+
+		if (nh->nh_dev != dev || fi == prev_fi)
+			continue;
+		prev_fi = fi;
+		change_nexthops(fi) {
+			if (nexthop_nh->nh_dev == dev) {
+				/* This should be safe, we are on unregister
+				 * path, after synchronize_net() and
+				 * rcu_barrier(), no one could see this.
+				 */
+				RCU_INIT_POINTER(nexthop_nh->nh_dev, NULL);
+				dev_put(dev);
+			}
+		} endfor_nexthops(fi)
+	}
+}
+
 /* Must be invoked inside of an RCU protected region.  */
 static void fib_select_default(const struct flowi4 *flp, struct fib_result *res)
 {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 655d9ee..f647310 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -1387,6 +1387,11 @@ static void ipv4_dst_destroy(struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
 	struct rtable *rt = (struct rtable *) dst;
 
+	if (rt->fi) {
+		fib_info_put(rt->fi);
+		rt->fi = NULL;
+	}
+
 	if (!list_empty(&rt->rt_uncached)) {
 		struct uncached_list *ul = rt->rt_uncached_list;
 
@@ -1424,6 +1429,16 @@ static bool rt_cache_valid(const struct rtable *rt)
 		!rt_is_expired(rt);
 }
 
+static void rt_init_metrics(struct rtable *rt, struct fib_info *fi)
+{
+	if (fi->fib_metrics != (u32 *)dst_default_metrics) {
+		fib_info_hold(fi);
+		rt->fi = fi;
+	}
+
+	dst_init_metrics(&rt->dst, fi->fib_metrics, true);
+}
+
 static void rt_set_nexthop(struct rtable *rt, __be32 daddr,
 			   const struct fib_result *res,
 			   struct fib_nh_exception *fnhe,
@@ -1438,7 +1453,7 @@ static void rt_set_nexthop(struct rtable *rt, __be32 daddr,
 			rt->rt_gateway = nh->nh_gw;
 			rt->rt_uses_gateway = 1;
 		}
-		dst_init_metrics(&rt->dst, fi->fib_metrics, true);
+		rt_init_metrics(rt, fi);
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
 		rt->dst.tclassid = nh->nh_tclassid;
 #endif
@@ -1490,6 +1505,7 @@ struct rtable *rt_dst_alloc(struct net_device *dev,
 		rt->rt_gateway = 0;
 		rt->rt_uses_gateway = 0;
 		rt->rt_table_id = 0;
+		rt->fi = NULL;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rt->rt_uncached);
 
 		rt->dst.output = ip_output;
