1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/routing.c b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
index 2ecfca246be4..b494e435686f 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/routing.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
@@ -100,10 +100,6 @@ static void _batadv_update_route(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
         if (curr_router)
                 batadv_neigh_node_put(curr_router);
 
-        /* increase refcount of new best neighbor */
-        if (neigh_node && !kref_get_unless_zero(&neigh_node->refcount))
-                neigh_node = NULL;
-
         spin_lock_bh(&orig_node->neigh_list_lock);
         /* curr_router used earlier may not be the current orig_ifinfo->router
          * anymore because it was dereferenced outside of the neigh_list_lock
@@ -114,6 +110,10 @@ static void _batadv_update_route(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
          */
         curr_router = rcu_dereference_protected(orig_ifinfo->router, true);
 
+        /* increase refcount of new best neighbor */
+        if (neigh_node)
+                kref_get(&neigh_node->refcount);
+
         rcu_assign_pointer(orig_ifinfo->router, neigh_node);
         spin_unlock_bh(&orig_node->neigh_list_lock);
         batadv_orig_ifinfo_put(orig_ifinfo);