diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 2746b62a8944e436d177892153326bb45fc462fa..8cafb3c0a4ac501348c5227f1450b800fb834c0e 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -2076,7 +2076,6 @@ xfrm_bundle_lookup(struct net *net, const struct flowi *fl, u16 family, u8 dir,
 	xdst->num_xfrms = num_xfrms;
 	memcpy(xdst->pols, pols, sizeof(struct xfrm_policy *) * num_pols);
 
-	dst_hold(&xdst->u.dst);
 	return xdst;
 
 inc_error: