diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_ipcomp.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_ipcomp.c
index 2e8afe078d612..cb40ff0ff28da 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_ipcomp.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_ipcomp.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static void ipcomp_free_tfms(struct crypto_comp * __percpu *tfms)
 			break;
 	}
 
-	WARN_ON(!pos);
+	WARN_ON(list_entry_is_head(pos, &ipcomp_tfms_list, list));
 
 	if (--pos->users)
 		return;