diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c
index 5d70c43302bb..c6be74e57264 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c
@@ -599,7 +599,8 @@ static void *clusterip_seq_next(struct seq_file *s, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 
 static void clusterip_seq_stop(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
 {
-	kfree(v);
+	if (!IS_ERR(v))
+		kfree(v);
 }
 
 static int clusterip_seq_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)