diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 6233e9856016..65e80aaa0948 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -224,14 +224,23 @@ static int neigh_del_timer(struct neighbour *n)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void pneigh_queue_purge(struct sk_buff_head *list)
+static void pneigh_queue_purge(struct sk_buff_head *list, struct net *net)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
-	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(list)) != NULL) {
-		dev_put(skb->dev);
-		kfree_skb(skb);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&list->lock, flags);
+	skb = skb_peek(list);
+	while (skb != NULL) {
+		struct sk_buff *skb_next = skb_peek_next(skb, list);
+		if (net == NULL || net_eq(dev_net(skb->dev), net)) {
+			__skb_unlink(skb, list);
+			dev_put(skb->dev);
+			kfree_skb(skb);
+		}
+		skb = skb_next;
 	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&list->lock, flags);
 }
 
 static void neigh_flush_dev(struct neigh_table *tbl, struct net_device *dev)
@@ -297,9 +306,9 @@ int neigh_ifdown(struct neigh_table *tbl, struct net_device *dev)
 	write_lock_bh(&tbl->lock);
 	neigh_flush_dev(tbl, dev);
 	pneigh_ifdown_and_unlock(tbl, dev);
-
-	del_timer_sync(&tbl->proxy_timer);
-	pneigh_queue_purge(&tbl->proxy_queue);
+	pneigh_queue_purge(&tbl->proxy_queue, dev_net(dev));
+	if (skb_queue_empty_lockless(&tbl->proxy_queue))
+		del_timer_sync(&tbl->proxy_timer);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(neigh_ifdown);
@@ -1614,7 +1623,7 @@ int neigh_table_clear(int index, struct neigh_table *tbl)
 	/* It is not clean... Fix it to unload IPv6 module safely */
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&tbl->gc_work);
 	del_timer_sync(&tbl->proxy_timer);
-	pneigh_queue_purge(&tbl->proxy_queue);
+	pneigh_queue_purge(&tbl->proxy_queue, NULL);
 	neigh_ifdown(tbl, NULL);
 	if (atomic_read(&tbl->entries))
 		pr_crit("neighbour leakage\n");