diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index c3581973f5d7..035c0496b92a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -858,6 +858,8 @@ static int __ip6_tnl_rcv(struct ip6_tnl *tunnel, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return 0;
 
 drop:
+	if (tun_dst)
+		dst_release((struct dst_entry *)tun_dst);
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 	return 0;
 }