1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter.c
index 30fcee465448..8992cf6651d4 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter.c
@@ -100,9 +100,16 @@ static int nf_ip6_route(struct net *net, struct dst_entry **dst,
                 .pinet6 = (struct ipv6_pinfo *) &fake_pinfo,
         };
         const void *sk = strict ? &fake_sk : NULL;
-
-        *dst = ip6_route_output(net, sk, &fl->u.ip6);
-        return (*dst)->error;
+        struct dst_entry *result;
+        int err;
+
+        result = ip6_route_output(net, sk, &fl->u.ip6);
+        err = result->error;
+        if (err)
+                dst_release(result);
+        else
+                *dst = result;
+        return err;
 }
 
 __sum16 nf_ip6_checksum(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int hook,