1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/sched/act_ipt.c b/net/sched/act_ipt.c
index 6148e323ed93..b8c50600697a 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_ipt.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_ipt.c
@@ -123,10 +123,13 @@ static int __tcf_ipt_init(struct tc_action_net *tn, struct nlattr *nla,
         }
 
         td = (struct xt_entry_target *)nla_data(tb[TCA_IPT_TARG]);
-        if (nla_len(tb[TCA_IPT_TARG]) < td->u.target_size)
+        if (nla_len(tb[TCA_IPT_TARG]) < td->u.target_size) {
+                if (exists)
+                        tcf_hash_release(a, bind);
                 return -EINVAL;
+        }
 
-        if (!tcf_hash_check(tn, index, a, bind)) {
+        if (!exists) {
                 ret = tcf_hash_create(tn, index, est, a, sizeof(*ipt), bind,
                                       false);
                 if (ret)