diff --git a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
index beba13fbd10a0543194ff1f614b32eace2d3765e..c21c5572c86001a480d48e3942669d796e82da07 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
@@ -2262,6 +2262,7 @@ static bool batadv_tt_global_check_crc(struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
 {
 	struct batadv_tvlv_tt_vlan_data *tt_vlan_tmp;
 	struct batadv_orig_node_vlan *vlan;
+	uint32_t crc;
 	int i;
 
 	/* check if each received CRC matches the locally stored one */
@@ -2281,7 +2282,10 @@ static bool batadv_tt_global_check_crc(struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
 		if (!vlan)
 			return false;
 
-		if (vlan->tt.crc != ntohl(tt_vlan_tmp->crc))
+		crc = vlan->tt.crc;
+		batadv_orig_node_vlan_free_ref(vlan);
+
+		if (crc != ntohl(tt_vlan_tmp->crc))
 			return false;
 	}