diff --git a/include/net/ip6_route.h b/include/net/ip6_route.h
index a158abe7193..79dce496f4d 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_route.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_route.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ extern struct dst_entry *icmp6_dst_alloc(struct net_device *dev,
 					 struct in6_addr *addr);
 extern int icmp6_dst_gc(int *more);
 
-extern void fib6_force_start_gc(void);
+extern void fib6_force_start_gc(struct net *net);
 
 extern struct rt6_info *addrconf_dst_alloc(struct inet6_dev *idev,
 					   const struct in6_addr *addr,
diff --git a/include/net/netns/ipv6.h b/include/net/netns/ipv6.h
index b0653261c5a..5279cd6a00b 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/ipv6.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ struct netns_ipv6 {
 	struct xt_table		*ip6table_mangle;
 	struct xt_table		*ip6table_raw;
 #endif
+	struct timer_list       *ip6_fib_timer;
 	struct hlist_head       *fib_table_hash;
 	struct fib6_table       *fib6_main_tbl;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 77ad1002c90..4aa67988f51 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ static __u32 rt_sernum;
 
 static void fib6_gc_timer_cb(unsigned long arg);
 
-static struct timer_list *ip6_fib_timer;
-
 static struct fib6_walker_t fib6_walker_list = {
 	.prev	= &fib6_walker_list,
 	.next	= &fib6_walker_list,
@@ -663,19 +661,19 @@ static int fib6_add_rt2node(struct fib6_node *fn, struct rt6_info *rt,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static __inline__ void fib6_start_gc(struct rt6_info *rt)
+static __inline__ void fib6_start_gc(struct net *net, struct rt6_info *rt)
 {
-	if (ip6_fib_timer->expires == 0 &&
+	if (net->ipv6.ip6_fib_timer->expires == 0 &&
 	    (rt->rt6i_flags & (RTF_EXPIRES|RTF_CACHE)))
-		mod_timer(ip6_fib_timer, jiffies +
-			  init_net.ipv6.sysctl.ip6_rt_gc_interval);
+		mod_timer(net->ipv6.ip6_fib_timer, jiffies +
+			  net->ipv6.sysctl.ip6_rt_gc_interval);
 }
 
-void fib6_force_start_gc(void)
+void fib6_force_start_gc(struct net *net)
 {
-	if (ip6_fib_timer->expires == 0)
-		mod_timer(ip6_fib_timer, jiffies +
-			  init_net.ipv6.sysctl.ip6_rt_gc_interval);
+	if (net->ipv6.ip6_fib_timer->expires == 0)
+		mod_timer(net->ipv6.ip6_fib_timer, jiffies +
+			  net->ipv6.sysctl.ip6_rt_gc_interval);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -762,7 +760,7 @@ int fib6_add(struct fib6_node *root, struct rt6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info)
 	err = fib6_add_rt2node(fn, rt, info);
 
 	if (err == 0) {
-		fib6_start_gc(rt);
+		fib6_start_gc(info->nl_net, rt);
 		if (!(rt->rt6i_flags&RTF_CACHE))
 			fib6_prune_clones(pn, rt);
 	}
@@ -1443,7 +1441,7 @@ void fib6_run_gc(unsigned long expires, struct net *net)
 	} else {
 		local_bh_disable();
 		if (!spin_trylock(&fib6_gc_lock)) {
-			mod_timer(ip6_fib_timer, jiffies + HZ);
+			mod_timer(net->ipv6.ip6_fib_timer, jiffies + HZ);
 			local_bh_enable();
 			return;
 		}
@@ -1456,11 +1454,11 @@ void fib6_run_gc(unsigned long expires, struct net *net)
 	fib6_clean_all(net, fib6_age, 0, NULL);
 
 	if (gc_args.more)
-		mod_timer(ip6_fib_timer, jiffies +
+		mod_timer(net->ipv6.ip6_fib_timer, jiffies +
 			  net->ipv6.sysctl.ip6_rt_gc_interval);
 	else {
-		del_timer(ip6_fib_timer);
-		ip6_fib_timer->expires = 0;
+		del_timer(net->ipv6.ip6_fib_timer);
+		net->ipv6.ip6_fib_timer->expires = 0;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_bh(&fib6_gc_lock);
 }
@@ -1473,13 +1471,21 @@ static void fib6_gc_timer_cb(unsigned long arg)
 static int fib6_net_init(struct net *net)
 {
 	int ret;
+	struct timer_list *timer;
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
+	timer = kzalloc(sizeof(*timer), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!timer)
+		goto out;
+
+	setup_timer(timer, fib6_gc_timer_cb, (unsigned long)net);
+	net->ipv6.ip6_fib_timer = timer;
+
 	net->ipv6.fib_table_hash =
 		kzalloc(sizeof(*net->ipv6.fib_table_hash)*FIB_TABLE_HASHSZ,
 			GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!net->ipv6.fib_table_hash)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_timer;
 
 	net->ipv6.fib6_main_tbl = kzalloc(sizeof(*net->ipv6.fib6_main_tbl),
 					  GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1513,11 +1519,15 @@ out_fib6_main_tbl:
 #endif
 out_fib_table_hash:
 	kfree(net->ipv6.fib_table_hash);
+out_timer:
+	kfree(timer);
 	goto out;
  }
 
 static void fib6_net_exit(struct net *net)
 {
+	del_timer(net->ipv6.ip6_fib_timer);
+	kfree(net->ipv6.ip6_fib_timer);
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES
 	kfree(net->ipv6.fib6_local_tbl);
 #endif
@@ -1533,6 +1543,7 @@ static struct pernet_operations fib6_net_ops = {
 int __init fib6_init(void)
 {
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
+
 	fib6_node_kmem = kmem_cache_create("fib6_nodes",
 					   sizeof(struct fib6_node),
 					   0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
@@ -1540,16 +1551,9 @@ int __init fib6_init(void)
 	if (!fib6_node_kmem)
 		goto out;
 
-	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	ip6_fib_timer = kzalloc(sizeof(*ip6_fib_timer), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ip6_fib_timer)
-		goto out_kmem_cache_create;
-
-	setup_timer(ip6_fib_timer, fib6_gc_timer_cb, (unsigned long)&init_net);
-
 	ret = register_pernet_subsys(&fib6_net_ops);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out_timer;
+		goto out_kmem_cache_create;
 
 	ret = __rtnl_register(PF_INET6, RTM_GETROUTE, NULL, inet6_dump_fib);
 	if (ret)
@@ -1559,8 +1563,6 @@ out:
 
 out_unregister_subsys:
 	unregister_pernet_subsys(&fib6_net_ops);
-out_timer:
-	kfree(ip6_fib_timer);
 out_kmem_cache_create:
 	kmem_cache_destroy(fib6_node_kmem);
 	goto out;
@@ -1568,8 +1570,6 @@ out_kmem_cache_create:
 
 void fib6_gc_cleanup(void)
 {
-	del_timer(ip6_fib_timer);
-	kfree(ip6_fib_timer);
 	unregister_pernet_subsys(&fib6_net_ops);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(fib6_node_kmem);
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index fd44721abeb..b13eb011127 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ struct dst_entry *icmp6_dst_alloc(struct net_device *dev,
 	icmp6_dst_gc_list = &rt->u.dst;
 	spin_unlock_bh(&icmp6_dst_lock);
 
-	fib6_force_start_gc();
+	fib6_force_start_gc(dev->nd_net);
 
 out:
 	return &rt->u.dst;
@@ -1230,6 +1230,9 @@ install_route:
 	rt->u.dst.dev = dev;
 	rt->rt6i_idev = idev;
 	rt->rt6i_table = table;
+
+	cfg->fc_nlinfo.nl_net = dev->nd_net;
+
 	return __ip6_ins_rt(rt, &cfg->fc_nlinfo);
 
 out: