diff --git a/net/bridge/br_vlan_tunnel.c b/net/bridge/br_vlan_tunnel.c
index 03de461a0d44af..01017448ebdef4 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_vlan_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_vlan_tunnel.c
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ int br_handle_egress_vlan_tunnel(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return err;
 
 	tunnel_dst = rcu_dereference(vlan->tinfo.tunnel_dst);
-	if (tunnel_dst)
-		skb_dst_set(skb, dst_clone(&tunnel_dst->dst));
+	if (tunnel_dst && dst_hold_safe(&tunnel_dst->dst))
+		skb_dst_set(skb, &tunnel_dst->dst);
 
 	return 0;
 }