diff --git a/net/tipc/crypto.c b/net/tipc/crypto.c
index 2721baf9fd2b..d7736d900271 100644
--- a/net/tipc/crypto.c
+++ b/net/tipc/crypto.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static void tipc_aead_users_dec(struct tipc_aead __rcu *aead, int lim)
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	tmp = rcu_dereference(aead);
 	if (tmp)
-		atomic_add_unless(&rcu_dereference(aead)->users, -1, lim);
+		atomic_add_unless(&tmp->users, -1, lim);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }