diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index 4b52314c46d5..5d33967d9aa1 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -1380,11 +1380,14 @@ static void copy_templates(struct xfrm_policy *xp, struct xfrm_user_tmpl *ut,
 
 static int validate_tmpl(int nr, struct xfrm_user_tmpl *ut, u16 family)
 {
+	u16 prev_family;
 	int i;
 
 	if (nr > XFRM_MAX_DEPTH)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	prev_family = family;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
 		/* We never validated the ut->family value, so many
 		 * applications simply leave it at zero.  The check was
@@ -1396,6 +1399,12 @@ static int validate_tmpl(int nr, struct xfrm_user_tmpl *ut, u16 family)
 		if (!ut[i].family)
 			ut[i].family = family;
 
+		if ((ut[i].mode == XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT) &&
+		    (ut[i].family != prev_family))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		prev_family = ut[i].family;
+
 		switch (ut[i].family) {
 		case AF_INET:
 			break;