1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 2ef6db98e9ba..bc5eae12fb09 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -975,8 +975,6 @@ int xfrm_policy_flush(struct net *net, u8 type, bool task_valid)
         }
         if (!cnt)
                 err = -ESRCH;
-        else
-                xfrm_policy_cache_flush();
 out:
         spin_unlock_bh(&net->xfrm.xfrm_policy_lock);
         return err;
@@ -1744,6 +1742,8 @@ void xfrm_policy_cache_flush(void)
         bool found = 0;
         int cpu;
 
+        might_sleep();
+
         local_bh_disable();
         rcu_read_lock();
         for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {