diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 9c9c2f0c4091..3d865c29b2c4 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -1224,6 +1224,7 @@ static struct xfrm_policy *clone_policy(const struct xfrm_policy *old, int dir)
 		newp->xfrm_nr = old->xfrm_nr;
 		newp->index = old->index;
 		newp->type = old->type;
+		newp->family = old->family;
 		memcpy(newp->xfrm_vec, old->xfrm_vec,
 		       newp->xfrm_nr*sizeof(struct xfrm_tmpl));
 		write_lock_bh(&xfrm_policy_lock);