diff --git a/include/net/netns/xfrm.h b/include/net/netns/xfrm.h
index d489d9250bff..ae60d6664095 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/xfrm.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/xfrm.h
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ struct netns_xfrm {
 	struct hlist_head	*policy_byidx;
 	unsigned int		policy_idx_hmask;
 	unsigned int		idx_generator;
-	struct hlist_head	policy_inexact[XFRM_POLICY_MAX];
 	struct xfrm_policy_hash	policy_bydst[XFRM_POLICY_MAX];
 	unsigned int		policy_count[XFRM_POLICY_MAX * 2];
 	struct work_struct	policy_hash_work;
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 55cc9f4cb42b..a2ea9dbac90b 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -4206,7 +4206,6 @@ static int __net_init xfrm_policy_init(struct net *net)
 
 		net->xfrm.policy_count[dir] = 0;
 		net->xfrm.policy_count[XFRM_POLICY_MAX + dir] = 0;
-		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&net->xfrm.policy_inexact[dir]);
 
 		htab = &net->xfrm.policy_bydst[dir];
 		htab->table = xfrm_hash_alloc(sz);
@@ -4260,8 +4259,6 @@ static void xfrm_policy_fini(struct net *net)
 	for (dir = 0; dir < XFRM_POLICY_MAX; dir++) {
 		struct xfrm_policy_hash *htab;
 
-		WARN_ON(!hlist_empty(&net->xfrm.policy_inexact[dir]));
-
 		htab = &net->xfrm.policy_bydst[dir];
 		sz = (htab->hmask + 1) * sizeof(struct hlist_head);
 		WARN_ON(!hlist_empty(htab->table));