diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index 3f565e495ac6..4b26ceedff26 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -1856,7 +1856,7 @@ static int xfrm_new_ae(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	if (x->km.state != XFRM_STATE_VALID)
 		goto out;
 
-	err = xfrm_replay_verify_len(x->replay_esn, rp);
+	err = xfrm_replay_verify_len(x->replay_esn, re);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;