1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 05838c7fcf64..fc6d37723664 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1470,6 +1470,8 @@ void addrconf_leave_solict(struct inet6_dev *idev, const struct in6_addr *addr)
 static void addrconf_join_anycast(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
 {
         struct in6_addr addr;
+        if (ifp->prefix_len == 127) /* RFC 6164 */
+                return;
         ipv6_addr_prefix(&addr, &ifp->addr, ifp->prefix_len);
         if (ipv6_addr_any(&addr))
                 return;