diff --git a/sysdep/cf/README b/sysdep/cf/README
index 9a7a4afa..68078bbe 100644
--- a/sysdep/cf/README
+++ b/sysdep/cf/README
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Available configuration variables:
 CONFIG_AUTO_ROUTES	Device routes are added automagically by the kernel
 CONFIG_SELF_CONSCIOUS	We're able to recognize whether route was installed by us
 CONFIG_MULTIPLE_TABLES	The kernel supports multiple routing tables
-CONFIG_ALL_TABLES_AT_ONCE	Kernel scanner wants to process all tables at once
 CONFIG_SINGLE_ROUTE	There is only one route per network
 
 CONFIG_MC_PROPER_SRC	Multicast packets have source address according to socket saddr field
diff --git a/sysdep/cf/linux.h b/sysdep/cf/linux.h
index 047d3764..c640bef4 100644
--- a/sysdep/cf/linux.h
+++ b/sysdep/cf/linux.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_AUTO_ROUTES
 #define CONFIG_SELF_CONSCIOUS
 #define CONFIG_MULTIPLE_TABLES
-#define CONFIG_ALL_TABLES_AT_ONCE
 #define CONFIG_IP6_SADR_KERNEL
 
 #define CONFIG_MC_PROPER_SRC
diff --git a/sysdep/linux/netlink.c b/sysdep/linux/netlink.c
index 656202ac..099ae6e9 100644
--- a/sysdep/linux/netlink.c
+++ b/sysdep/linux/netlink.c
@@ -257,16 +257,13 @@ nl_open_sock(struct nl_sock *nl)
     }
 }
 
-static void
+static int
 nl_set_strict_dump(struct nl_sock *nl UNUSED, int strict UNUSED)
 {
-  /*
-   * Strict checking is not necessary, it improves behavior on newer kernels.
-   * If it is not available (missing SOL_NETLINK compile-time, or ENOPROTOOPT
-   * run-time), we can just ignore it.
-   */
 #ifdef SOL_NETLINK
-  setsockopt(nl->fd, SOL_NETLINK, NETLINK_GET_STRICT_CHK, &strict, sizeof(strict));
+  return setsockopt(nl->fd, SOL_NETLINK, NETLINK_GET_STRICT_CHK, &strict, sizeof(strict));
+#else
+  return -1;
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -294,10 +291,17 @@ nl_cfg_rx_buffer_size(struct config *cfg)
 static void
 nl_open(void)
 {
+  if ((nl_scan.fd >= 0) && (nl_req.fd >= 0))
+    return;
+
   nl_open_sock(&nl_scan);
   nl_open_sock(&nl_req);
 
-  nl_set_strict_dump(&nl_scan, 1);
+  if (nl_set_strict_dump(&nl_scan, 1) < 0)
+  {
+    log(L_WARN "KRT: Netlink strict checking failed, will scan all tables at once");
+    krt_use_shared_scan();
+  }
 }
 
 static void
@@ -352,11 +356,13 @@ nl_request_dump_addr(int af)
 }
 
 static void
-nl_request_dump_route(int af)
+nl_request_dump_route(int af, int table_id)
 {
   struct {
     struct nlmsghdr nh;
     struct rtmsg rtm;
+    struct rtattr rta;
+    u32 table_id;
   } req = {
     .nh.nlmsg_type = RTM_GETROUTE,
     .nh.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(struct rtmsg)),
@@ -365,7 +371,17 @@ nl_request_dump_route(int af)
     .rtm.rtm_family = af,
   };
 
-  send(nl_scan.fd, &req, sizeof(req), 0);
+  if (table_id < 256)
+    req.rtm.rtm_table = table_id;
+  else
+  {
+    req.rta.rta_type = RTA_TABLE;
+    req.rta.rta_len = RTA_LENGTH(4);
+    req.table_id = table_id;
+    req.nh.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(req.nh.nlmsg_len) + req.rta.rta_len;
+  }
+
+  send(nl_scan.fd, &req, req.nh.nlmsg_len, 0);
   nl_scan.last_hdr = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -2072,18 +2088,27 @@ nl_parse_route(struct nl_parse_state *s, struct nlmsghdr *h)
 }
 
 void
-krt_do_scan(struct krt_proto *p UNUSED)	/* CONFIG_ALL_TABLES_AT_ONCE => p is NULL */
+krt_do_scan(struct krt_proto *p)
 {
   struct nlmsghdr *h;
   struct nl_parse_state s;
 
   nl_parse_begin(&s, 1);
-  nl_request_dump_route(AF_UNSPEC);
+
+  /* Table-specific scan or shared scan */
+  if (p)
+    nl_request_dump_route(p->af, krt_table_id(p));
+  else
+    nl_request_dump_route(AF_UNSPEC, 0);
+
   while (h = nl_get_scan())
+  {
     if (h->nlmsg_type == RTM_NEWROUTE || h->nlmsg_type == RTM_DELROUTE)
       nl_parse_route(&s, h);
     else
       log(L_DEBUG "nl_scan_fire: Unknown packet received (type=%d)", h->nlmsg_type);
+  }
+
   nl_parse_end(&s);
 }
 
diff --git a/sysdep/unix/krt.c b/sysdep/unix/krt.c
index f796a159..cfa9b1ee 100644
--- a/sysdep/unix/krt.c
+++ b/sysdep/unix/krt.c
@@ -578,18 +578,17 @@ krt_got_route_async(struct krt_proto *p, rte *e, int new, s8 src)
     }
 }
 
+
 /*
  *	Periodic scanning
  */
 
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_ALL_TABLES_AT_ONCE
-
-static timer *krt_scan_timer;
-static int krt_scan_count;
+static timer *krt_scan_all_timer;
+static int krt_scan_all_count;
+static _Bool krt_scan_all_tables;
 
 static void
-krt_scan(timer *t UNUSED)
+krt_scan_all(timer *t UNUSED)
 {
   struct krt_proto *p;
   node *n;
@@ -610,35 +609,42 @@ krt_scan(timer *t UNUSED)
 }
 
 static void
-krt_scan_timer_start(struct krt_proto *p)
+krt_scan_all_timer_start(struct krt_proto *p)
 {
-  if (!krt_scan_count)
-    krt_scan_timer = tm_new_init(krt_pool, krt_scan, NULL, KRT_CF->scan_time, 0);
+  if (!krt_scan_all_count)
+    krt_scan_all_timer = tm_new_init(krt_pool, krt_scan_all, NULL, KRT_CF->scan_time, 0);
 
-  krt_scan_count++;
+  krt_scan_all_count++;
 
-  tm_start(krt_scan_timer, 1 S);
+  tm_start(krt_scan_all_timer, 1 S);
 }
 
 static void
-krt_scan_timer_stop(struct krt_proto *p UNUSED)
+krt_scan_all_timer_stop(void)
 {
-  krt_scan_count--;
+  ASSERT(krt_scan_all_count > 0);
 
-  if (!krt_scan_count)
+  krt_scan_all_count--;
+
+  if (!krt_scan_all_count)
   {
-    rfree(krt_scan_timer);
-    krt_scan_timer = NULL;
+    rfree(krt_scan_all_timer);
+    krt_scan_all_timer = NULL;
   }
 }
 
 static void
-krt_scan_timer_kick(struct krt_proto *p UNUSED)
+krt_scan_all_timer_kick(void)
 {
-  tm_start(krt_scan_timer, 0);
+  tm_start(krt_scan_all_timer, 0);
+}
+
+void
+krt_use_shared_scan(void)
+{
+  krt_scan_all_tables = 1;
 }
 
-#else
 
 static void
 krt_scan(timer *t)
@@ -656,26 +662,33 @@ krt_scan(timer *t)
 static void
 krt_scan_timer_start(struct krt_proto *p)
 {
-  p->scan_timer = tm_new_init(p->p.pool, krt_scan, p, KRT_CF->scan_time, 0);
-  tm_start(p->scan_timer, 1 S);
+  if (krt_scan_all_tables)
+    krt_scan_all_timer_start(p);
+  else
+  {
+    p->scan_timer = tm_new_init(p->p.pool, krt_scan, p, KRT_CF->scan_time, 0);
+    tm_start(p->scan_timer, 1 S);
+  }
 }
 
 static void
 krt_scan_timer_stop(struct krt_proto *p)
 {
-  tm_stop(p->scan_timer);
+  if (krt_scan_all_tables)
+    krt_scan_all_timer_stop();
+  else
+    tm_stop(p->scan_timer);
 }
 
 static void
 krt_scan_timer_kick(struct krt_proto *p)
 {
-  tm_start(p->scan_timer, 0);
+  if (krt_scan_all_tables)
+    krt_scan_all_timer_kick();
+  else
+    tm_start(p->scan_timer, 0);
 }
 
-#endif
-
-
-
 
 /*
  *	Updates
@@ -784,11 +797,6 @@ krt_postconfig(struct proto_config *CF)
   if (! proto_cf_main_channel(CF))
     cf_error("Channel not specified");
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_ALL_TABLES_AT_ONCE
-  if (krt_cf->scan_time != cf->scan_time)
-    cf_error("All kernel syncers must use the same table scan interval");
-#endif
-
   struct channel_config *cc = proto_cf_main_channel(CF);
   struct rtable_config *tab = cc->table;
   if (tab->krt_attached)
diff --git a/sysdep/unix/krt.h b/sysdep/unix/krt.h
index e0d60cbd..9f7ebb4f 100644
--- a/sysdep/unix/krt.h
+++ b/sysdep/unix/krt.h
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ struct kif_proto;
 
 #define KRT_DEFAULT_ECMP_LIMIT	16
 
-#if 0
-#define EA_KRT_SOURCE	EA_CODE(PROTOCOL_KERNEL, 0)
-#define EA_KRT_METRIC	EA_CODE(PROTOCOL_KERNEL, 1)
-#endif
-
 extern struct ea_class ea_krt_source, ea_krt_metric;
 
 #define KRT_REF_SEEN	0x1	/* Seen in table */
@@ -55,10 +50,7 @@ struct krt_proto {
   struct proto p;
   struct krt_state sys;		/* Sysdep state */
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_ALL_TABLES_AT_ONCE
   timer *scan_timer;
-#endif
-
   struct bmap sync_map;		/* Keeps track which exported routes were successfully written to kernel */
   struct bmap seen_map;		/* Routes seen during last periodic scan */
   node krt_node;		/* Node in krt_proto_list */
@@ -80,6 +72,7 @@ extern pool *krt_pool;
 
 struct proto_config * kif_init_config(int class);
 void kif_request_scan(void);
+void krt_use_shared_scan(void);
 void krt_got_route(struct krt_proto *p, struct rte *e, s8 src);
 void krt_got_route_async(struct krt_proto *p, struct rte *e, int new, s8 src);