diff --git a/net/sched/act_tunnel_key.c b/net/sched/act_tunnel_key.c
index 8b43fe0130f73039e3f1802701df910e079fc4ba..3f943de9a2c975df258e5eb6ae5688b016f0b5d6 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_tunnel_key.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_tunnel_key.c
@@ -377,7 +377,8 @@ static int tunnel_key_init(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 	return ret;
 
 release_tun_meta:
-	dst_release(&metadata->dst);
+	if (metadata)
+		dst_release(&metadata->dst);
 
 err_out:
 	if (exists)