diff --git a/net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c b/net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c
index c10a9ee68433..126ff9020bad 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static void xfrm4_dst_ifdown(struct dst_entry *dst, struct net_device *dev,
 	xfrm_dst_ifdown(dst, dev);
 }
 
-static struct dst_ops xfrm4_dst_ops = {
+static struct dst_ops xfrm4_dst_ops_template = {
 	.family =		AF_INET,
 	.gc =			xfrm4_garbage_collect,
 	.update_pmtu =		xfrm4_update_pmtu,
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static struct dst_ops xfrm4_dst_ops = {
 
 static struct xfrm_policy_afinfo xfrm4_policy_afinfo = {
 	.family = 		AF_INET,
-	.dst_ops =		&xfrm4_dst_ops,
+	.dst_ops =		&xfrm4_dst_ops_template,
 	.dst_lookup =		xfrm4_dst_lookup,
 	.get_saddr =		xfrm4_get_saddr,
 	.decode_session =	_decode_session4,
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static struct ctl_table xfrm4_policy_table[] = {
 	{ }
 };
 
-static int __net_init xfrm4_net_init(struct net *net)
+static int __net_init xfrm4_net_sysctl_init(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct ctl_table *table;
 	struct ctl_table_header *hdr;
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ err_alloc:
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-static void __net_exit xfrm4_net_exit(struct net *net)
+static void __net_exit xfrm4_net_sysctl_exit(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct ctl_table *table;
 
@@ -312,12 +312,44 @@ static void __net_exit xfrm4_net_exit(struct net *net)
 	if (!net_eq(net, &init_net))
 		kfree(table);
 }
+#else /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
+static int inline xfrm4_net_sysctl_init(struct net *net)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void inline xfrm4_net_sysctl_exit(struct net *net)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
+static int __net_init xfrm4_net_init(struct net *net)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	memcpy(&net->xfrm.xfrm4_dst_ops, &xfrm4_dst_ops_template,
+	       sizeof(xfrm4_dst_ops_template));
+	ret = dst_entries_init(&net->xfrm.xfrm4_dst_ops);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = xfrm4_net_sysctl_init(net);
+	if (ret)
+		dst_entries_destroy(&net->xfrm.xfrm4_dst_ops);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void __net_exit xfrm4_net_exit(struct net *net)
+{
+	xfrm4_net_sysctl_exit(net);
+	dst_entries_destroy(&net->xfrm.xfrm4_dst_ops);
+}
 
 static struct pernet_operations __net_initdata xfrm4_net_ops = {
 	.init	= xfrm4_net_init,
 	.exit	= xfrm4_net_exit,
 };
-#endif
 
 static void __init xfrm4_policy_init(void)
 {
@@ -326,13 +358,9 @@ static void __init xfrm4_policy_init(void)
 
 void __init xfrm4_init(void)
 {
-	dst_entries_init(&xfrm4_dst_ops);
-
 	xfrm4_state_init();
 	xfrm4_policy_init();
 	xfrm4_protocol_init();
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 	register_pernet_subsys(&xfrm4_net_ops);
-#endif
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
index da55e0c85bb8..d51a18d607ac 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static void xfrm6_dst_ifdown(struct dst_entry *dst, struct net_device *dev,
 	xfrm_dst_ifdown(dst, dev);
 }
 
-static struct dst_ops xfrm6_dst_ops = {
+static struct dst_ops xfrm6_dst_ops_template = {
 	.family =		AF_INET6,
 	.gc =			xfrm6_garbage_collect,
 	.update_pmtu =		xfrm6_update_pmtu,
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static struct dst_ops xfrm6_dst_ops = {
 
 static struct xfrm_policy_afinfo xfrm6_policy_afinfo = {
 	.family =		AF_INET6,
-	.dst_ops =		&xfrm6_dst_ops,
+	.dst_ops =		&xfrm6_dst_ops_template,
 	.dst_lookup =		xfrm6_dst_lookup,
 	.get_saddr =		xfrm6_get_saddr,
 	.decode_session =	_decode_session6,
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static struct ctl_table xfrm6_policy_table[] = {
 	{ }
 };
 
-static int __net_init xfrm6_net_init(struct net *net)
+static int __net_init xfrm6_net_sysctl_init(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct ctl_table *table;
 	struct ctl_table_header *hdr;
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ err_alloc:
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-static void __net_exit xfrm6_net_exit(struct net *net)
+static void __net_exit xfrm6_net_sysctl_exit(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct ctl_table *table;
 
@@ -367,24 +367,52 @@ static void __net_exit xfrm6_net_exit(struct net *net)
 	if (!net_eq(net, &init_net))
 		kfree(table);
 }
+#else /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
+static int inline xfrm6_net_sysctl_init(struct net *net)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void inline xfrm6_net_sysctl_exit(struct net *net)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
+static int __net_init xfrm6_net_init(struct net *net)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	memcpy(&net->xfrm.xfrm6_dst_ops, &xfrm6_dst_ops_template,
+	       sizeof(xfrm6_dst_ops_template));
+	ret = dst_entries_init(&net->xfrm.xfrm6_dst_ops);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = xfrm6_net_sysctl_init(net);
+	if (ret)
+		dst_entries_destroy(&net->xfrm.xfrm6_dst_ops);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void __net_exit xfrm6_net_exit(struct net *net)
+{
+	xfrm6_net_sysctl_exit(net);
+	dst_entries_destroy(&net->xfrm.xfrm6_dst_ops);
+}
 
 static struct pernet_operations xfrm6_net_ops = {
 	.init	= xfrm6_net_init,
 	.exit	= xfrm6_net_exit,
 };
-#endif
 
 int __init xfrm6_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	dst_entries_init(&xfrm6_dst_ops);
-
 	ret = xfrm6_policy_init();
-	if (ret) {
-		dst_entries_destroy(&xfrm6_dst_ops);
+	if (ret)
 		goto out;
-	}
 	ret = xfrm6_state_init();
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_policy;
@@ -393,9 +421,7 @@ int __init xfrm6_init(void)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_state;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 	register_pernet_subsys(&xfrm6_net_ops);
-#endif
 out:
 	return ret;
 out_state:
@@ -407,11 +433,8 @@ out_policy:
 
 void xfrm6_fini(void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 	unregister_pernet_subsys(&xfrm6_net_ops);
-#endif
 	xfrm6_protocol_fini();
 	xfrm6_policy_fini();
 	xfrm6_state_fini();
-	dst_entries_destroy(&xfrm6_dst_ops);
 }
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 94af3d065785..bacd30bda10d 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -2807,7 +2807,6 @@ static struct neighbour *xfrm_neigh_lookup(const struct dst_entry *dst,
 
 int xfrm_policy_register_afinfo(struct xfrm_policy_afinfo *afinfo)
 {
-	struct net *net;
 	int err = 0;
 	if (unlikely(afinfo == NULL))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -2838,26 +2837,6 @@ int xfrm_policy_register_afinfo(struct xfrm_policy_afinfo *afinfo)
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&xfrm_policy_afinfo_lock);
 
-	rtnl_lock();
-	for_each_net(net) {
-		struct dst_ops *xfrm_dst_ops;
-
-		switch (afinfo->family) {
-		case AF_INET:
-			xfrm_dst_ops = &net->xfrm.xfrm4_dst_ops;
-			break;
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
-		case AF_INET6:
-			xfrm_dst_ops = &net->xfrm.xfrm6_dst_ops;
-			break;
-#endif
-		default:
-			BUG();
-		}
-		*xfrm_dst_ops = *afinfo->dst_ops;
-	}
-	rtnl_unlock();
-
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(xfrm_policy_register_afinfo);
@@ -2893,22 +2872,6 @@ int xfrm_policy_unregister_afinfo(struct xfrm_policy_afinfo *afinfo)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(xfrm_policy_unregister_afinfo);
 
-static void __net_init xfrm_dst_ops_init(struct net *net)
-{
-	struct xfrm_policy_afinfo *afinfo;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	afinfo = rcu_dereference(xfrm_policy_afinfo[AF_INET]);
-	if (afinfo)
-		net->xfrm.xfrm4_dst_ops = *afinfo->dst_ops;
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
-	afinfo = rcu_dereference(xfrm_policy_afinfo[AF_INET6]);
-	if (afinfo)
-		net->xfrm.xfrm6_dst_ops = *afinfo->dst_ops;
-#endif
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-}
-
 static int xfrm_dev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, void *ptr)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
@@ -3057,7 +3020,6 @@ static int __net_init xfrm_net_init(struct net *net)
 	rv = xfrm_policy_init(net);
 	if (rv < 0)
 		goto out_policy;
-	xfrm_dst_ops_init(net);
 	rv = xfrm_sysctl_init(net);
 	if (rv < 0)
 		goto out_sysctl;