diff --git a/include/net/dst.h b/include/net/dst.h
index 2a46cbaef92d30dd7c890deb34a9554634eb94b5..75b95df4afe71467bb9d378f5535ab1e167772df 100644
--- a/include/net/dst.h
+++ b/include/net/dst.h
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static inline void skb_tunnel_rx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 static inline struct dst_entry *skb_dst_pop(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	struct dst_entry *child = skb_dst(skb)->child;
+	struct dst_entry *child = dst_clone(skb_dst(skb)->child);
 
 	skb_dst_drop(skb);
 	return child;
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c
index 8f3f0eedc5a4672565fdd6fa105cd62730df68ba..47bacd8c025094e24b0200bab9a7c1d438093aa1 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static int xfrm_output_one(struct sk_buff *skb, int err)
 			err = -EHOSTUNREACH;
 			goto error_nolock;
 		}
-		skb_dst_set(skb, dst_clone(dst));
+		skb_dst_set(skb, dst);
 		x = dst->xfrm;
 	} while (x && !(x->outer_mode->flags & XFRM_MODE_FLAG_TUNNEL));