diff --git a/include/net/dst.h b/include/net/dst.h
index a8ae4e760778..0fb99a26e973 100644
--- a/include/net/dst.h
+++ b/include/net/dst.h
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ void dst_init(void);
 enum {
 	XFRM_LOOKUP_ICMP = 1 << 0,
 	XFRM_LOOKUP_QUEUE = 1 << 1,
+	XFRM_LOOKUP_KEEP_DST_REF = 1 << 2,
 };
 
 struct flowi;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/xfrm4_output.c b/net/ipv4/xfrm4_output.c
index d5f6bd9a210a..dab73813cb92 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/xfrm4_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/xfrm4_output.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ int xfrm4_prepare_output(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		return err;
 
 	IPCB(skb)->flags |= IPSKB_XFRM_TUNNEL_SIZE;
+	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IP);
 
 	return x->outer_mode->output2(x, skb);
 }
@@ -71,7 +72,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(xfrm4_prepare_output);
 int xfrm4_output_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	memset(IPCB(skb), 0, sizeof(*IPCB(skb)));
-	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IP);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETFILTER
 	IPCB(skb)->flags |= IPSKB_XFRM_TRANSFORMED;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_output.c b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_output.c
index ca3f29b98ae5..010f8bd2d577 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_output.c
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ int xfrm6_prepare_output(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		return err;
 
 	skb->ignore_df = 1;
+	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
 
 	return x->outer_mode->output2(x, skb);
 }
@@ -122,7 +123,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(xfrm6_prepare_output);
 int xfrm6_output_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	memset(IP6CB(skb), 0, sizeof(*IP6CB(skb)));
-	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETFILTER
 	IP6CB(skb)->flags |= IP6SKB_XFRM_TRANSFORMED;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
index 48bf5a06847b..8d2d01b4800a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ _decode_session6(struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi *fl, int reverse)
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6_MIP6)
 		case IPPROTO_MH:
+			offset += ipv6_optlen(exthdr);
 			if (!onlyproto && pskb_may_pull(skb, nh + offset + 3 - skb->data)) {
 				struct ip6_mh *mh;
 
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index cee479bc655c..638af0655aaf 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -2269,11 +2269,9 @@ struct dst_entry *xfrm_lookup(struct net *net, struct dst_entry *dst_orig,
 		 * have the xfrm_state's. We need to wait for KM to
 		 * negotiate new SA's or bail out with error.*/
 		if (net->xfrm.sysctl_larval_drop) {
-			dst_release(dst);
-			xfrm_pols_put(pols, drop_pols);
 			XFRM_INC_STATS(net, LINUX_MIB_XFRMOUTNOSTATES);
-
-			return ERR_PTR(-EREMOTE);
+			err = -EREMOTE;
+			goto error;
 		}
 
 		err = -EAGAIN;
@@ -2324,7 +2322,8 @@ nopol:
 error:
 	dst_release(dst);
 dropdst:
-	dst_release(dst_orig);
+	if (!(flags & XFRM_LOOKUP_KEEP_DST_REF))
+		dst_release(dst_orig);
 	xfrm_pols_put(pols, drop_pols);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
@@ -2338,7 +2337,8 @@ struct dst_entry *xfrm_lookup_route(struct net *net, struct dst_entry *dst_orig,
 				    struct sock *sk, int flags)
 {
 	struct dst_entry *dst = xfrm_lookup(net, dst_orig, fl, sk,
-					    flags | XFRM_LOOKUP_QUEUE);
+					    flags | XFRM_LOOKUP_QUEUE |
+					    XFRM_LOOKUP_KEEP_DST_REF);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(dst) && PTR_ERR(dst) == -EREMOTE)
 		return make_blackhole(net, dst_orig->ops->family, dst_orig);