diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 870b5182ddd8a88c71cd7b4399779a850372cdfa..34921b0d3f8e7e22313056f51ce53e9f488b2e63 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -1593,8 +1593,6 @@ static void ip_rt_update_pmtu(struct dst_entry *dst, u32 mtu)
 			rt->rt_peer_genid = rt_peer_genid();
 		}
 		check_peer_pmtu(dst, peer);
-
-		inet_putpeer(peer);
 	}
 }