tunnel = container_of(work, struct l2tp_tunnel, del_work);
        sk = l2tp_tunnel_sock_lookup(tunnel);
        if (!sk)
-               return;
+               goto out;
 
        sock = sk->sk_socket;
 
        }
 
        l2tp_tunnel_sock_put(sk);
+out:
+       l2tp_tunnel_dec_refcount(tunnel);
 }
 
 /* Create a socket for the tunnel, if one isn't set up by
  */
 int l2tp_tunnel_delete(struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel)
 {
+       l2tp_tunnel_inc_refcount(tunnel);
        l2tp_tunnel_closeall(tunnel);
-       return (false == queue_work(l2tp_wq, &tunnel->del_work));
+       if (false == queue_work(l2tp_wq, &tunnel->del_work)) {
+               l2tp_tunnel_dec_refcount(tunnel);
+               return 1;
+       }
+       return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(l2tp_tunnel_delete);