diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index 1d281816f2bf..d8582028b346 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -569,9 +569,10 @@ gss_svc_searchbyctx(struct cache_detail *cd, struct xdr_netobj *handle)
 	struct rsc *found;
 
 	memset(&rsci, 0, sizeof(rsci));
-	rsci.handle.data = handle->data;
-	rsci.handle.len = handle->len;
+	if (dup_to_netobj(&rsci.handle, handle->data, handle->len))
+		return NULL;
 	found = rsc_lookup(cd, &rsci);
+	rsc_free(&rsci);
 	if (!found)
 		return NULL;
 	if (cache_check(cd, &found->h, NULL))