diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 31bc94152693..5ef4da780ac1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -1006,10 +1006,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipgre_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev
 
 			if (skb_has_shared_frag(skb)) {
 				err = __skb_linearize(skb);
-				if (err) {
-					ip_rt_put(rt);
+				if (err)
 					goto tx_error;
-				}
 			}
 
 			*ptr = 0;