diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c b/drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c
index b35199cc8f34d6..17407494531ec4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c
@@ -502,7 +502,6 @@ static int pptp_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uservaddr,
 	po->chan.mtu = dst_mtu(&rt->dst);
 	if (!po->chan.mtu)
 		po->chan.mtu = PPP_MRU;
-	ip_rt_put(rt);
 	po->chan.mtu -= PPTP_HEADER_OVERHEAD;
 
 	po->chan.hdrlen = 2 + sizeof(struct pptp_gre_header);