diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index c4c47f337a3a04b7bf6762834850b462d143fc0c..435bc0dc76301d608b707eca83ed2628b2f4c4cb 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -1127,8 +1127,8 @@ static struct xfrm_policy *xfrm_policy_lookup_bytype(struct net *net, u8 type,
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	if (ret)
-		xfrm_pol_hold(ret);
+
+	xfrm_pol_hold(ret);
 fail:
 	read_unlock_bh(&net->xfrm.xfrm_policy_lock);
 
@@ -3211,8 +3211,7 @@ static struct xfrm_policy *xfrm_migrate_policy_find(const struct xfrm_selector *
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (ret)
-		xfrm_pol_hold(ret);
+	xfrm_pol_hold(ret);
 
 	read_unlock_bh(&net->xfrm.xfrm_policy_lock);