diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 767a7f3af09e..07a876b6b1fe 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cadf01c2fc0cd66dfef4956ef1a6482ed01c3150
+refs/heads/master: a4f1bac62564049ea4718c4624b0fadc9f597c84
diff --git a/trunk/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/trunk/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index ecade4893a13..8da3e25b2c4c 100644
--- a/trunk/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/trunk/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -1350,6 +1350,9 @@ static struct xfrm_policy *xfrm_compile_policy(u16 family, int opt,
 	if (nr > XFRM_MAX_DEPTH)
 		return NULL;
 
+	if (p->dir > XFRM_POLICY_OUT)
+		return NULL;
+
 	xp = xfrm_policy_alloc(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (xp == NULL) {
 		*dir = -ENOBUFS;