diff --git a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
index cdfc85fa2743..0e80fd1461ab 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
@@ -303,9 +303,11 @@ static void batadv_tt_global_size_mod(struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
 
 	if (atomic_add_return(v, &vlan->tt.num_entries) == 0) {
 		spin_lock_bh(&orig_node->vlan_list_lock);
-		hlist_del_init_rcu(&vlan->list);
+		if (!hlist_unhashed(&vlan->list)) {
+			hlist_del_init_rcu(&vlan->list);
+			batadv_orig_node_vlan_free_ref(vlan);
+		}
 		spin_unlock_bh(&orig_node->vlan_list_lock);
-		batadv_orig_node_vlan_free_ref(vlan);
 	}
 
 	batadv_orig_node_vlan_free_ref(vlan);