diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index 4c6914e..7bd62f61 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -780,11 +780,13 @@
 {
 	unsigned int h;
 	struct hlist_node *entry;
-	struct xfrm_state *x, *x0;
+	struct xfrm_state *x, *x0, *to_put;
 	int acquire_in_progress = 0;
 	int error = 0;
 	struct xfrm_state *best = NULL;
 
+	to_put = NULL;
+
 	spin_lock_bh(&xfrm_state_lock);
 	h = xfrm_dst_hash(daddr, saddr, tmpl->reqid, family);
 	hlist_for_each_entry(x, entry, xfrm_state_bydst+h, bydst) {
@@ -833,7 +835,7 @@
 		if (tmpl->id.spi &&
 		    (x0 = __xfrm_state_lookup(daddr, tmpl->id.spi,
 					      tmpl->id.proto, family)) != NULL) {
-			xfrm_state_put(x0);
+			to_put = x0;
 			error = -EEXIST;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -849,7 +851,7 @@
 		error = security_xfrm_state_alloc_acquire(x, pol->security, fl->secid);
 		if (error) {
 			x->km.state = XFRM_STATE_DEAD;
-			xfrm_state_put(x);
+			to_put = x;
 			x = NULL;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -870,7 +872,7 @@
 			xfrm_hash_grow_check(x->bydst.next != NULL);
 		} else {
 			x->km.state = XFRM_STATE_DEAD;
-			xfrm_state_put(x);
+			to_put = x;
 			x = NULL;
 			error = -ESRCH;
 		}
@@ -881,6 +883,8 @@
 	else
 		*err = acquire_in_progress ? -EAGAIN : error;
 	spin_unlock_bh(&xfrm_state_lock);
+	if (to_put)
+		xfrm_state_put(to_put);
 	return x;
 }
 
@@ -1067,18 +1071,20 @@
 
 int xfrm_state_add(struct xfrm_state *x)
 {
-	struct xfrm_state *x1;
+	struct xfrm_state *x1, *to_put;
 	int family;
 	int err;
 	int use_spi = xfrm_id_proto_match(x->id.proto, IPSEC_PROTO_ANY);
 
 	family = x->props.family;
 
+	to_put = NULL;
+
 	spin_lock_bh(&xfrm_state_lock);
 
 	x1 = __xfrm_state_locate(x, use_spi, family);
 	if (x1) {
-		xfrm_state_put(x1);
+		to_put = x1;
 		x1 = NULL;
 		err = -EEXIST;
 		goto out;
@@ -1088,7 +1094,7 @@
 		x1 = __xfrm_find_acq_byseq(x->km.seq);
 		if (x1 && ((x1->id.proto != x->id.proto) ||
 		    xfrm_addr_cmp(&x1->id.daddr, &x->id.daddr, family))) {
-			xfrm_state_put(x1);
+			to_put = x1;
 			x1 = NULL;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1110,6 +1116,9 @@
 		xfrm_state_put(x1);
 	}
 
+	if (to_put)
+		xfrm_state_put(to_put);
+
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(xfrm_state_add);
@@ -1269,10 +1278,12 @@
 
 int xfrm_state_update(struct xfrm_state *x)
 {
-	struct xfrm_state *x1;
+	struct xfrm_state *x1, *to_put;
 	int err;
 	int use_spi = xfrm_id_proto_match(x->id.proto, IPSEC_PROTO_ANY);
 
+	to_put = NULL;
+
 	spin_lock_bh(&xfrm_state_lock);
 	x1 = __xfrm_state_locate(x, use_spi, x->props.family);
 
@@ -1281,7 +1292,7 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	if (xfrm_state_kern(x1)) {
-		xfrm_state_put(x1);
+		to_put = x1;
 		err = -EEXIST;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -1295,6 +1306,9 @@
 out:
 	spin_unlock_bh(&xfrm_state_lock);
 
+	if (to_put)
+		xfrm_state_put(to_put);
+
 	if (err)
 		return err;