diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 236cbbc0ab9cfff05cd027ffb0dc56aa15e61033..dfc77b9c5e5a8dd2b31440be47fb4480513680e1 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -1006,6 +1006,10 @@ int xfrm_policy_flush(struct net *net, u8 type, bool task_valid)
 		err = -ESRCH;
 out:
 	spin_unlock_bh(&net->xfrm.xfrm_policy_lock);
+
+	if (cnt)
+		xfrm_garbage_collect(net);
+
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(xfrm_policy_flush);