diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index af27561e6125..9adbca496dd4 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -395,7 +395,19 @@ typedef enum rx_handler_result rx_handler_result_t;
 typedef rx_handler_result_t rx_handler_func_t(struct sk_buff **pskb);
 
 void __napi_schedule(struct napi_struct *n);
+
+/*
+ * When PREEMPT_RT_FULL is defined, all device interrupt handlers
+ * run as threads, and they can also be preempted (without PREEMPT_RT
+ * interrupt threads can not be preempted). Which means that calling
+ * __napi_schedule_irqoff() from an interrupt handler can be preempted
+ * and can corrupt the napi->poll_list.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL
+#define __napi_schedule_irqoff(n) __napi_schedule(n)
+#else
 void __napi_schedule_irqoff(struct napi_struct *n);
+#endif
 
 static inline bool napi_disable_pending(struct napi_struct *n)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index c7a62d6adb00..af8a75edd8c2 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -1127,9 +1127,11 @@ static void put_pwq_unlocked(struct pool_workqueue *pwq)
 		 * As both pwqs and pools are RCU protected, the
 		 * following lock operations are safe.
 		 */
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		local_spin_lock_irq(pendingb_lock, &pwq->pool->lock);
 		put_pwq(pwq);
 		local_spin_unlock_irq(pendingb_lock, &pwq->pool->lock);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/localversion-rt b/localversion-rt
index 700c857efd9b..22746d6390a4 100644
--- a/localversion-rt
+++ b/localversion-rt
@@ -1 +1 @@
--rt8
+-rt9
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 4ba0c36fc389..951053f4d515 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4912,6 +4912,7 @@ void __napi_schedule(struct napi_struct *n)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__napi_schedule);
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL
 /**
  * __napi_schedule_irqoff - schedule for receive
  * @n: entry to schedule
@@ -4923,6 +4924,7 @@ void __napi_schedule_irqoff(struct napi_struct *n)
 	____napi_schedule(this_cpu_ptr(&softnet_data), n);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__napi_schedule_irqoff);
+#endif
 
 void __napi_complete(struct napi_struct *n)
 {
@@ -5212,13 +5214,21 @@ static void net_rx_action(struct softirq_action *h)
 	struct softnet_data *sd = this_cpu_ptr(&softnet_data);
 	unsigned long time_limit = jiffies + 2;
 	int budget = netdev_budget;
+	struct sk_buff_head tofree_q;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	LIST_HEAD(list);
 	LIST_HEAD(repoll);
 
+	__skb_queue_head_init(&tofree_q);
+
 	local_irq_disable();
+	skb_queue_splice_init(&sd->tofree_queue, &tofree_q);
 	list_splice_init(&sd->poll_list, &list);
 	local_irq_enable();
 
+	while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&tofree_q)))
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+
 	for (;;) {
 		struct napi_struct *n;
 
