diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index a131f9ff979e1..8d4d52fd457b2 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ static int verify_newpolicy_info(struct xfrm_userpolicy_info *p)
 	ret = verify_policy_dir(p->dir);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
-	if (p->index && ((p->index & XFRM_POLICY_MAX) != p->dir))
+	if (p->index && (xfrm_policy_id2dir(p->index) != p->dir))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return 0;