diff --git a/include/net/dst.h b/include/net/dst.h
index e86b9a008ebf..aaa2dbb50179 100644
--- a/include/net/dst.h
+++ b/include/net/dst.h
@@ -265,6 +265,11 @@ static inline struct dst_entry *dst_check(struct dst_entry *dst, u32 cookie)
 
 extern void		dst_init(void);
 
+/* Flags for xfrm_lookup flags argument. */
+enum {
+	XFRM_LOOKUP_WAIT = 1 << 0,
+};
+
 struct flowi;
 #ifndef CONFIG_XFRM
 static inline int xfrm_lookup(struct dst_entry **dst_p, struct flowi *fl,
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 95dc581861e8..3d516d57b5b2 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ restart:
 				xfrm_pol_put(policy);
 				return -EREMOTE;
 			}
-			if (err == -EAGAIN && flags) {
+			if (err == -EAGAIN && (flags & XFRM_LOOKUP_WAIT)) {
 				DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
 
 				add_wait_queue(&km_waitq, &wait);