diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index caebf48c5813..b4a2261366c8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -2631,6 +2631,7 @@ void vxlan_xmit_one(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		if (fan_has_map(&vxlan->fan) && rt->rt_flags & RTCF_LOCAL) {
 			netdev_dbg(dev, "discard fan to localhost %pI4\n",
 				   &rdst->remote_ip.sin.sin_addr.s_addr);
+			rcu_read_unlock();
 			ip_rt_put(rt);
 			goto tx_free;
 		}