diff --git a/include/net/ip_vs.h b/include/net/ip_vs.h
index 4b46c591b542..7bdfa7d78363 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_vs.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_vs.h
@@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@ static inline void ip_vs_dest_put(struct ip_vs_dest *dest)
 
 static inline void ip_vs_dest_put_and_free(struct ip_vs_dest *dest)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_return(&dest->refcnt) < 0)
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&dest->refcnt))
 		kfree(dest);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
index 55e0169caa4c..5fc4836e7c79 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
@@ -711,7 +711,6 @@ ip_vs_trash_get_dest(struct ip_vs_service *svc, int dest_af,
 		      dest->vport == svc->port))) {
 			/* HIT */
 			list_del(&dest->t_list);
-			ip_vs_dest_hold(dest);
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}
@@ -741,7 +740,7 @@ static void ip_vs_dest_free(struct ip_vs_dest *dest)
  *  When the ip_vs_control_clearup is activated by ipvs module exit,
  *  the service tables must have been flushed and all the connections
  *  are expired, and the refcnt of each destination in the trash must
- *  be 0, so we simply release them here.
+ *  be 1, so we simply release them here.
  */
 static void ip_vs_trash_cleanup(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs)
 {
@@ -1080,11 +1079,10 @@ static void __ip_vs_del_dest(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, struct ip_vs_dest *dest,
 	if (list_empty(&ipvs->dest_trash) && !cleanup)
 		mod_timer(&ipvs->dest_trash_timer,
 			  jiffies + (IP_VS_DEST_TRASH_PERIOD >> 1));
-	/* dest lives in trash without reference */
+	/* dest lives in trash with reference */
 	list_add(&dest->t_list, &ipvs->dest_trash);
 	dest->idle_start = 0;
 	spin_unlock_bh(&ipvs->dest_trash_lock);
-	ip_vs_dest_put(dest);
 }
 
 
@@ -1160,7 +1158,7 @@ static void ip_vs_dest_trash_expire(unsigned long data)
 
 	spin_lock(&ipvs->dest_trash_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(dest, next, &ipvs->dest_trash, t_list) {
-		if (atomic_read(&dest->refcnt) > 0)
+		if (atomic_read(&dest->refcnt) > 1)
 			continue;
 		if (dest->idle_start) {
 			if (time_before(now, dest->idle_start +