diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 01304830fa48..cd951289a45f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ void inet6_netconf_notify_devconf(struct net *net, int type, int ifindex,
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int err = -ENOBUFS;
 
-	skb = nlmsg_new(inet6_netconf_msgsize_devconf(type), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	skb = nlmsg_new(inet6_netconf_msgsize_devconf(type), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto errout;
 
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ void inet6_netconf_notify_devconf(struct net *net, int type, int ifindex,
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		goto errout;
 	}
-	rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_IPV6_NETCONF, NULL, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_IPV6_NETCONF, NULL, GFP_KERNEL);
 	return;
 errout:
 	rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_IPV6_NETCONF, err);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
index 91f16e679f63..20812e8b24dd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
@@ -1594,14 +1594,15 @@ static int ip6mr_sk_init(struct mr6_table *mrt, struct sock *sk)
 	if (likely(mrt->mroute6_sk == NULL)) {
 		mrt->mroute6_sk = sk;
 		net->ipv6.devconf_all->mc_forwarding++;
+	} else {
+		err = -EADDRINUSE;
+	}
+	write_unlock_bh(&mrt_lock);
+
+	if (!err)
 		inet6_netconf_notify_devconf(net, NETCONFA_MC_FORWARDING,
 					     NETCONFA_IFINDEX_ALL,
 					     net->ipv6.devconf_all);
-	}
-	else
-		err = -EADDRINUSE;
-	write_unlock_bh(&mrt_lock);
-
 	rtnl_unlock();
 
 	return err;
@@ -1619,11 +1620,11 @@ int ip6mr_sk_done(struct sock *sk)
 			write_lock_bh(&mrt_lock);
 			mrt->mroute6_sk = NULL;
 			net->ipv6.devconf_all->mc_forwarding--;
+			write_unlock_bh(&mrt_lock);
 			inet6_netconf_notify_devconf(net,
 						     NETCONFA_MC_FORWARDING,
 						     NETCONFA_IFINDEX_ALL,
 						     net->ipv6.devconf_all);
-			write_unlock_bh(&mrt_lock);
 
 			mroute_clean_tables(mrt, false);
 			err = 0;