diff --git a/net/sched/act_tunnel_key.c b/net/sched/act_tunnel_key.c
index 22bf1a376b91..7cb63616805d 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_tunnel_key.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_tunnel_key.c
@@ -208,11 +208,12 @@ static void tunnel_key_release(struct tc_action *a, int bind)
 	struct tcf_tunnel_key_params *params;
 
 	params = rcu_dereference_protected(t->params, 1);
+	if (params) {
+		if (params->tcft_action == TCA_TUNNEL_KEY_ACT_SET)
+			dst_release(&params->tcft_enc_metadata->dst);
 
-	if (params->tcft_action == TCA_TUNNEL_KEY_ACT_SET)
-		dst_release(&params->tcft_enc_metadata->dst);
-
-	kfree_rcu(params, rcu);
+		kfree_rcu(params, rcu);
+	}
 }
 
 static int tunnel_key_dump_addresses(struct sk_buff *skb,