diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index 2bd701a58aa646..82cdf9020b5392 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ int l2tp_xmit_skb(struct l2tp_session *session, struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_len
 
 	/* Get routing info from the tunnel socket */
 	skb_dst_drop(skb);
-	skb_dst_set(skb, dst_clone(__sk_dst_check(sk, 0)));
+	skb_dst_set(skb, sk_dst_check(sk, 0));
 
 	inet = inet_sk(sk);
 	fl = &inet->cork.fl;