diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
index 350402e3b57e..5ce70ad6f513 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
@@ -343,34 +343,37 @@ static int l2tp_nl_cmd_tunnel_get(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	if (!info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_CONN_ID]) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
+		goto err;
 	}
 
 	tunnel_id = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_CONN_ID]);
 
-	tunnel = l2tp_tunnel_find(net, tunnel_id);
-	if (tunnel == NULL) {
-		ret = -ENODEV;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!msg) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	tunnel = l2tp_tunnel_get(net, tunnel_id);
+	if (!tunnel) {
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto err_nlmsg;
 	}
 
 	ret = l2tp_nl_tunnel_send(msg, info->snd_portid, info->snd_seq,
 				  NLM_F_ACK, tunnel);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto err_out;
+		goto err_nlmsg_tunnel;
+
+	l2tp_tunnel_dec_refcount(tunnel);
 
 	return genlmsg_unicast(net, msg, info->snd_portid);
 
-err_out:
+err_nlmsg_tunnel:
+	l2tp_tunnel_dec_refcount(tunnel);
+err_nlmsg:
 	nlmsg_free(msg);
-
-out:
+err:
 	return ret;
 }