diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 82b50a89cedc7e2baf488a76dd87a4fa6aed2caf..d3e6ce014ec2610fb5ef09c4f8a5efd44223a47a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 #include <linux/sched/mm.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
@@ -1942,6 +1943,7 @@ static int dev_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj,
 		      struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
+	struct device_driver *driver;
 	int retval = 0;
 
 	/* add device node properties if present */
@@ -1970,8 +1972,12 @@ static int dev_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj,
 	if (dev->type && dev->type->name)
 		add_uevent_var(env, "DEVTYPE=%s", dev->type->name);
 
-	if (dev->driver)
-		add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name);
+	/* Synchronize with module_remove_driver() */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	driver = READ_ONCE(dev->driver);
+	if (driver)
+		add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVER=%s", driver->name);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	/* Add common DT information about the device */
 	of_device_uevent(dev, env);
diff --git a/drivers/base/module.c b/drivers/base/module.c
index 46ad4d636731ddf8f20b3696b018b99cadcaeb88..851cc5367c04c044f32e8dd5c9a31c5cfcbdd027 100644
--- a/drivers/base/module.c
+++ b/drivers/base/module.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include "base.h"
 
 static char *make_driver_name(struct device_driver *drv)
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
 	if (!drv)
 		return;
 
+	/* Synchronize with dev_uevent() */
+	synchronize_rcu();
+
 	sysfs_remove_link(&drv->p->kobj, "module");
 
 	if (drv->owner)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/devlink_lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/devlink_lib.sh
index 9c12c4fd3afc942699dc17f87ef0a6fd5a6ac9b9..6edfd207e32407cfa53b7bf69f83b620afba2d53 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/devlink_lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/devlink_lib.sh
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ devlink_reload()
 	still_pending=$(devlink resource show "$DEVLINK_DEV" | \
 			grep -c "size_new")
 	check_err $still_pending "Failed reload - There are still unset sizes"
+
+	udevadm settle
 }
 
 declare -A DEVLINK_ORIG