diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index 0dab1cd79ce4..12213477cd3a 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -732,12 +732,12 @@ restart:
 			}
 		}
 	}
+out:
+	spin_unlock_bh(&net->xfrm.xfrm_state_lock);
 	if (cnt) {
 		err = 0;
 		xfrm_policy_cache_flush();
 	}
-out:
-	spin_unlock_bh(&net->xfrm.xfrm_state_lock);
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(xfrm_state_flush);