diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
index 8d8c291..1010b46 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
@@ -1214,6 +1214,9 @@
 			struct fib_info *fi_drop;
 			u8 state;
 
+			if (fi->fib_treeref > 1)
+				goto out;
+
 			err = -ENOBUFS;
 			new_fa = kmem_cache_alloc(fn_alias_kmem, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (new_fa == NULL)