diff --git a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
index 4ef7bdb65440c..23ed03d786c83 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
@@ -103,8 +103,10 @@ static int xfrm6_fill_dst(struct xfrm_dst *xdst, struct net_device *dev,
 	dev_hold(dev);
 
 	xdst->u.rt6.rt6i_idev = in6_dev_get(dev);
-	if (!xdst->u.rt6.rt6i_idev)
+	if (!xdst->u.rt6.rt6i_idev) {
+		dev_put(dev);
 		return -ENODEV;
+	}
 
 	rt6_transfer_peer(&xdst->u.rt6, rt);