diff --git a/include/net/dst_metadata.h b/include/net/dst_metadata.h
index 14efa0ded75dd93d6f63735a95feaf72de6fdef7..adab27ba1ecbf054f5284e4342b1551b104d9a2c 100644
--- a/include/net/dst_metadata.h
+++ b/include/net/dst_metadata.h
@@ -123,8 +123,20 @@ static inline struct metadata_dst *tun_dst_unclone(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	memcpy(&new_md->u.tun_info, &md_dst->u.tun_info,
 	       sizeof(struct ip_tunnel_info) + md_size);
+#ifdef CONFIG_DST_CACHE
+	/* Unclone the dst cache if there is one */
+	if (new_md->u.tun_info.dst_cache.cache) {
+		int ret;
+
+		ret = dst_cache_init(&new_md->u.tun_info.dst_cache, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (ret) {
+			metadata_dst_free(new_md);
+			return ERR_PTR(ret);
+		}
+	}
+#endif
+
 	skb_dst_drop(skb);
-	dst_hold(&new_md->dst);
 	skb_dst_set(skb, &new_md->dst);
 	return new_md;
 }