diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 93297aaceb2b3d48e307bfb74549661bfaeda27f..eead9db6f899ad71869013dec0b3e2de480361a1 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ ctnetlink_dump_table(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 			if (ctnetlink_fill_info(skb, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).pid,
 						cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
 						IPCTNL_MSG_CT_NEW, ct) < 0) {
+				nf_conntrack_get(&ct->ct_general);
 				cb->args[1] = (unsigned long)ct;
 				goto out;
 			}