diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 2cf58a8b8e4dc..d3e28574ceb94 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -859,8 +859,6 @@ errout:
 
 static int ctnetlink_done(struct netlink_callback *cb)
 {
-	if (cb->args[1])
-		nf_ct_put((struct nf_conn *)cb->args[1]);
 	kfree(cb->data);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1175,19 +1173,26 @@ ignore_entry:
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static unsigned long ctnetlink_get_id(const struct nf_conn *ct)
+{
+	unsigned long id = nf_ct_get_id(ct);
+
+	return id ? id : 1;
+}
+
 static int
 ctnetlink_dump_table(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 {
 	unsigned int flags = cb->data ? NLM_F_DUMP_FILTERED : 0;
 	struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
-	struct nf_conn *ct, *last;
+	unsigned long last_id = cb->args[1];
 	struct nf_conntrack_tuple_hash *h;
 	struct hlist_nulls_node *n;
 	struct nf_conn *nf_ct_evict[8];
+	struct nf_conn *ct;
 	int res, i;
 	spinlock_t *lockp;
 
-	last = (struct nf_conn *)cb->args[1];
 	i = 0;
 
 	local_bh_disable();
@@ -1224,7 +1229,7 @@ restart:
 				continue;
 
 			if (cb->args[1]) {
-				if (ct != last)
+				if (ctnetlink_get_id(ct) != last_id)
 					continue;
 				cb->args[1] = 0;
 			}
@@ -1237,8 +1242,7 @@ restart:
 					    NFNL_MSG_TYPE(cb->nlh->nlmsg_type),
 					    ct, true, flags);
 			if (res < 0) {
-				nf_conntrack_get(&ct->ct_general);
-				cb->args[1] = (unsigned long)ct;
+				cb->args[1] = ctnetlink_get_id(ct);
 				spin_unlock(lockp);
 				goto out;
 			}
@@ -1251,12 +1255,10 @@ restart:
 	}
 out:
 	local_bh_enable();
-	if (last) {
+	if (last_id) {
 		/* nf ct hash resize happened, now clear the leftover. */
-		if ((struct nf_conn *)cb->args[1] == last)
+		if (cb->args[1] == last_id)
 			cb->args[1] = 0;
-
-		nf_ct_put(last);
 	}
 
 	while (i) {