1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 98565ce0ebcd..4688bd4d7f59 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static u32 *ipv6_cow_metrics(struct dst_entry *dst, unsigned long old)
         u32 *p = NULL;
 
         if (!(rt->dst.flags & DST_HOST))
-                return NULL;
+                return dst_cow_metrics_generic(dst, old);
 
         peer = rt6_get_peer_create(rt);
         if (peer) {