1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/sctp/ipv6.c b/net/sctp/ipv6.c
index 249e5033c1a8..78071c6e6cf1 100644
--- a/net/sctp/ipv6.c
+++ b/net/sctp/ipv6.c
@@ -215,17 +215,17 @@ static struct dst_entry *sctp_v6_get_dst(struct sctp_association *asoc,
         }
 
         dst = ip6_route_output(NULL, &fl);
-        if (dst) {
+        if (!dst->error) {
                 struct rt6_info *rt;
                 rt = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
                 SCTP_DEBUG_PRINTK(
                         "rt6_dst:" NIP6_FMT " rt6_src:" NIP6_FMT "\n",
                         NIP6(rt->rt6i_dst.addr), NIP6(rt->rt6i_src.addr));
-        } else {
-                SCTP_DEBUG_PRINTK("NO ROUTE\n");
+                return dst;
         }
-
-        return dst;
+        SCTP_DEBUG_PRINTK("NO ROUTE\n");
+        dst_release(dst);
+        return NULL;
 }
 
 /* Returns the number of consecutive initial bits that match in the 2 ipv6