ret = -EINVAL;
                goto out;
        }
+
        tunnel_id = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_CONN_ID]);
-       tunnel = l2tp_tunnel_find(net, tunnel_id);
+       tunnel = l2tp_tunnel_get(net, tunnel_id);
        if (!tunnel) {
                ret = -ENODEV;
                goto out;
 
        if (!info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_SESSION_ID]) {
                ret = -EINVAL;
-               goto out;
+               goto out_tunnel;
        }
        session_id = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_SESSION_ID]);
 
        if (!info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_PEER_SESSION_ID]) {
                ret = -EINVAL;
-               goto out;
+               goto out_tunnel;
        }
        peer_session_id = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_PEER_SESSION_ID]);
 
        if (!info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_PW_TYPE]) {
                ret = -EINVAL;
-               goto out;
+               goto out_tunnel;
        }
        cfg.pw_type = nla_get_u16(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_PW_TYPE]);
        if (cfg.pw_type >= __L2TP_PWTYPE_MAX) {
                ret = -EINVAL;
-               goto out;
+               goto out_tunnel;
        }
 
        if (tunnel->version > 2) {
                        u16 len = nla_len(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_COOKIE]);
                        if (len > 8) {
                                ret = -EINVAL;
-                               goto out;
+                               goto out_tunnel;
                        }
                        cfg.cookie_len = len;
                        memcpy(&cfg.cookie[0], nla_data(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_COOKIE]), len);
                        u16 len = nla_len(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_PEER_COOKIE]);
                        if (len > 8) {
                                ret = -EINVAL;
-                               goto out;
+                               goto out_tunnel;
                        }
                        cfg.peer_cookie_len = len;
                        memcpy(&cfg.peer_cookie[0], nla_data(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_PEER_COOKIE]), len);
        if ((l2tp_nl_cmd_ops[cfg.pw_type] == NULL) ||
            (l2tp_nl_cmd_ops[cfg.pw_type]->session_create == NULL)) {
                ret = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
-               goto out;
+               goto out_tunnel;
        }
 
        /* Check that pseudowire-specific params are present */
        case L2TP_PWTYPE_ETH_VLAN:
                if (!info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_VLAN_ID]) {
                        ret = -EINVAL;
-                       goto out;
+                       goto out_tunnel;
                }
                break;
        case L2TP_PWTYPE_ETH:
                }
        }
 
+out_tunnel:
+       l2tp_tunnel_dec_refcount(tunnel);
 out:
        return ret;
 }