diff --git a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
index c9844135c9caea041bd9a680e39da7bba4cf0997..8f32718677bdf85bc80fd7b8d84a958b1fc0d681 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ static void xfrm6_dst_destroy(struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
 	struct xfrm_dst *xdst = (struct xfrm_dst *)dst;
 
+	if (likely(xdst->u.rt6.n))
+		neigh_release(xdst->u.rt6.n);
 	if (likely(xdst->u.rt6.rt6i_idev))
 		in6_dev_put(xdst->u.rt6.rt6i_idev);
 	dst_destroy_metrics_generic(dst);