diff --git a/include/net/xfrm.h b/include/net/xfrm.h
index 85386becbaea..902437dfbce7 100644
--- a/include/net/xfrm.h
+++ b/include/net/xfrm.h
@@ -1404,6 +1404,23 @@ static inline int xfrm_state_kern(const struct xfrm_state *x)
 	return atomic_read(&x->tunnel_users);
 }
 
+static inline bool xfrm_id_proto_valid(u8 proto)
+{
+	switch (proto) {
+	case IPPROTO_AH:
+	case IPPROTO_ESP:
+	case IPPROTO_COMP:
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+	case IPPROTO_ROUTING:
+	case IPPROTO_DSTOPTS:
+#endif
+		return true;
+	default:
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+
+/* IPSEC_PROTO_ANY only matches 3 IPsec protocols, 0 could match all. */
 static inline int xfrm_id_proto_match(u8 proto, u8 userproto)
 {
 	return (!userproto || proto == userproto ||
diff --git a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c
index 12cb3aa990af..d9e5f6808811 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static void __net_exit xfrm6_tunnel_net_exit(struct net *net)
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	xfrm_flush_gc();
-	xfrm_state_flush(net, IPSEC_PROTO_ANY, false, true);
+	xfrm_state_flush(net, 0, false, true);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < XFRM6_TUNNEL_SPI_BYADDR_HSIZE; i++)
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(!hlist_empty(&xfrm6_tn->spi_byaddr[i]));
diff --git a/net/key/af_key.c b/net/key/af_key.c
index 5651c29cb5bd..4af1e1d60b9f 100644
--- a/net/key/af_key.c
+++ b/net/key/af_key.c
@@ -1951,8 +1951,10 @@ parse_ipsecrequest(struct xfrm_policy *xp, struct sadb_x_ipsecrequest *rq)
 
 	if (rq->sadb_x_ipsecrequest_mode == 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!xfrm_id_proto_valid(rq->sadb_x_ipsecrequest_proto))
+		return -EINVAL;
 
-	t->id.proto = rq->sadb_x_ipsecrequest_proto; /* XXX check proto */
+	t->id.proto = rq->sadb_x_ipsecrequest_proto;
 	if ((mode = pfkey_mode_to_xfrm(rq->sadb_x_ipsecrequest_mode)) < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	t->mode = mode;
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index 1bb971f46fc6..178baaa037e5 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -2384,7 +2384,7 @@ void xfrm_state_fini(struct net *net)
 
 	flush_work(&net->xfrm.state_hash_work);
 	flush_work(&xfrm_state_gc_work);
-	xfrm_state_flush(net, IPSEC_PROTO_ANY, false, true);
+	xfrm_state_flush(net, 0, false, true);
 
 	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&net->xfrm.state_all));
 
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index 8d4d52fd457b..6916931b1de1 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -1513,20 +1513,8 @@ static int validate_tmpl(int nr, struct xfrm_user_tmpl *ut, u16 family)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
-		switch (ut[i].id.proto) {
-		case IPPROTO_AH:
-		case IPPROTO_ESP:
-		case IPPROTO_COMP:
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
-		case IPPROTO_ROUTING:
-		case IPPROTO_DSTOPTS:
-#endif
-		case IPSEC_PROTO_ANY:
-			break;
-		default:
+		if (!xfrm_id_proto_valid(ut[i].id.proto))
 			return -EINVAL;
-		}
-
 	}
 
 	return 0;