diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 947a6e695b29..c919fbc6c5aa 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -451,6 +451,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(xfrm_policy_destroy);
 
 static void xfrm_policy_kill(struct xfrm_policy *policy)
 {
+	xfrm_dev_policy_delete(policy);
+
 	write_lock_bh(&policy->lock);
 	policy->walk.dead = 1;
 	write_unlock_bh(&policy->lock);
@@ -1849,7 +1851,6 @@ again:
 
 		__xfrm_policy_unlink(pol, dir);
 		spin_unlock_bh(&net->xfrm.xfrm_policy_lock);
-		xfrm_dev_policy_delete(pol);
 		cnt++;
 		xfrm_audit_policy_delete(pol, 1, task_valid);
 		xfrm_policy_kill(pol);
@@ -1890,7 +1891,6 @@ again:
 
 		__xfrm_policy_unlink(pol, dir);
 		spin_unlock_bh(&net->xfrm.xfrm_policy_lock);
-		xfrm_dev_policy_delete(pol);
 		cnt++;
 		xfrm_audit_policy_delete(pol, 1, task_valid);
 		xfrm_policy_kill(pol);
@@ -2341,7 +2341,6 @@ int xfrm_policy_delete(struct xfrm_policy *pol, int dir)
 	pol = __xfrm_policy_unlink(pol, dir);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&net->xfrm.xfrm_policy_lock);
 	if (pol) {
-		xfrm_dev_policy_delete(pol);
 		xfrm_policy_kill(pol);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index 912c1189ba41..0b8336be63ac 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -2348,7 +2348,6 @@ static int xfrm_get_policy(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 					    NETLINK_CB(skb).portid);
 		}
 	} else {
-		xfrm_dev_policy_delete(xp);
 		xfrm_audit_policy_delete(xp, err ? 0 : 1, true);
 
 		if (err != 0)