diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index 0fbd3ee26165dd1c9d8304a7d31cd31a3d247f41..c8c4183f0f379dc74a66542e124456047e7db32b 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -183,6 +183,26 @@ struct l2tp_tunnel *l2tp_tunnel_get(const struct net *net, u32 tunnel_id)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(l2tp_tunnel_get);
 
+struct l2tp_tunnel *l2tp_tunnel_get_nth(const struct net *net, int nth)
+{
+	const struct l2tp_net *pn = l2tp_pernet(net);
+	struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel;
+	int count = 0;
+
+	rcu_read_lock_bh();
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(tunnel, &pn->l2tp_tunnel_list, list) {
+		if (++count > nth) {
+			l2tp_tunnel_inc_refcount(tunnel);
+			rcu_read_unlock_bh();
+			return tunnel;
+		}
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(l2tp_tunnel_get_nth);
+
 /* Lookup a session. A new reference is held on the returned session. */
 struct l2tp_session *l2tp_session_get(const struct net *net,
 				      struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel,
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
index ba33cbec71eb2e5dca3cbeb4c3dd93239a12949b..e4896413b2b6334b4e7b785d2144728664aa9749 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ static inline void *l2tp_session_priv(struct l2tp_session *session)
 }
 
 struct l2tp_tunnel *l2tp_tunnel_get(const struct net *net, u32 tunnel_id);
+struct l2tp_tunnel *l2tp_tunnel_get_nth(const struct net *net, int nth);
+
 void l2tp_tunnel_free(struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel);
 
 struct l2tp_session *l2tp_session_get(const struct net *net,
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
index b05dbd9ffcb2b1fea951b724e51ad2a16a265102..6616c9fd292f1ddae6b974bb2d70de7d7dc1bd28 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
@@ -487,14 +487,17 @@ static int l2tp_nl_cmd_tunnel_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback
 	struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
 
 	for (;;) {
-		tunnel = l2tp_tunnel_find_nth(net, ti);
+		tunnel = l2tp_tunnel_get_nth(net, ti);
 		if (tunnel == NULL)
 			goto out;
 
 		if (l2tp_nl_tunnel_send(skb, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid,
 					cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, NLM_F_MULTI,
-					tunnel, L2TP_CMD_TUNNEL_GET) < 0)
+					tunnel, L2TP_CMD_TUNNEL_GET) < 0) {
+			l2tp_tunnel_dec_refcount(tunnel);
 			goto out;
+		}
+		l2tp_tunnel_dec_refcount(tunnel);
 
 		ti++;
 	}
@@ -848,7 +851,7 @@ static int l2tp_nl_cmd_session_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback
 
 	for (;;) {
 		if (tunnel == NULL) {
-			tunnel = l2tp_tunnel_find_nth(net, ti);
+			tunnel = l2tp_tunnel_get_nth(net, ti);
 			if (tunnel == NULL)
 				goto out;
 		}
@@ -856,6 +859,7 @@ static int l2tp_nl_cmd_session_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback
 		session = l2tp_session_get_nth(tunnel, si);
 		if (session == NULL) {
 			ti++;
+			l2tp_tunnel_dec_refcount(tunnel);
 			tunnel = NULL;
 			si = 0;
 			continue;
@@ -865,6 +869,7 @@ static int l2tp_nl_cmd_session_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback
 					 cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, NLM_F_MULTI,
 					 session, L2TP_CMD_SESSION_GET) < 0) {
 			l2tp_session_dec_refcount(session);
+			l2tp_tunnel_dec_refcount(tunnel);
 			break;
 		}
 		l2tp_session_dec_refcount(session);