diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4575b6fd1649..9408ce0fba6d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 34996cb91dd72f0b0456d8fd3fef4aaee62232f2
+refs/heads/master: c8bf4d04f970fafb3430d332533e1cf103f2a018
diff --git a/trunk/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/trunk/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index 6106b72826d3..da5ba86181de 100644
--- a/trunk/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/trunk/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -1741,6 +1741,10 @@ static int xfrm_add_pol_expire(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	err = verify_policy_dir(p->dir);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	if (p->index)
 		xp = xfrm_policy_byid(net, mark, type, p->dir, p->index, 0, &err);
 	else {