diff --git a/drivers/net/bareudp.c b/drivers/net/bareudp.c
index 890a0650d9cf..5ef841c85526 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bareudp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bareudp.c
@@ -285,9 +285,8 @@ static void bareudp_sock_release(struct bareudp_dev *bareudp)
 {
 	struct sock *sk;
 
-	sk = bareudp->sk;
+	sk = rtnl_dereference(bareudp->sk);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(bareudp->sk, NULL);
-	synchronize_net();
 	udp_tunnel_sock_release(sk);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/geneve.c b/drivers/net/geneve.c
index b36fad833724..e8ff03ed87dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/geneve.c
+++ b/drivers/net/geneve.c
@@ -1032,7 +1032,6 @@ static void geneve_sock_release(struct geneve_dev *geneve)
 #endif
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(geneve->sock4, NULL);
-	synchronize_net();
 
 	__geneve_sock_release(gs4);
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
@@ -2207,7 +2206,6 @@ static void geneve_unquiesce(struct geneve_dev *geneve, struct geneve_sock *gs4,
 	if (gs6)
 		rcu_assign_sk_user_data(gs6->sk, gs6);
 #endif
-	synchronize_net();
 }
 
 static int geneve_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index 00facbfabced..8c3885665b58 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -1515,7 +1515,6 @@ static void vxlan_sock_release(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan)
 #endif
 
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(vxlan->vn4_sock, NULL);
-	synchronize_net();
 
 	if (vxlan->cfg.flags & VXLAN_F_VNIFILTER)
 		vxlan_vs_del_vnigrp(vxlan);