diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.c b/net/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.c
index 9e9c48963942..70d561a2d9e0 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.c
@@ -879,7 +879,8 @@ static void dl_seq_stop(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
 	struct xt_hashlimit_htable *htable = s->private;
 	unsigned int *bucket = (unsigned int *)v;
 
-	kfree(bucket);
+	if (!IS_ERR(bucket))
+		kfree(bucket);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&htable->lock);
 }