diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index b436d077563174c22b48a81a6a856f30dd831a5e..129d1a3616f838c9b487cf2392d1d9eb09dcfa5a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -446,6 +446,8 @@ int ip_tunnel_rcv(struct ip_tunnel *tunnel, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return 0;
 
 drop:
+	if (tun_dst)
+		dst_release((struct dst_entry *)tun_dst);
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 	return 0;
 }