diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 31f4ba43b48fdcb77d617b28dca40c1dc5d6258b..f4ea3a08e5a1369cf930110b28dfb85bab45fb1b 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ int __xfrm_lookup(struct net *net, struct dst_entry **dst_p, struct flowi *fl,
 			/* EREMOTE tells the caller to generate
 			 * a one-shot blackhole route. */
 			dst_release(dst);
-			xfrm_pols_put(pols, num_pols);
+			xfrm_pols_put(pols, drop_pols);
 			XFRM_INC_STATS(net, LINUX_MIB_XFRMOUTNOSTATES);
 			return -EREMOTE;
 		}