1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 1023ad0d2b15..99d1888af363 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2669,7 +2669,9 @@ static int addrconf_ifdown(struct net_device *dev, int how)
 
         ASSERT_RTNL();
 
-        rt6_ifdown(net, dev);
+        /* Flush routes if device is being removed or it is not loopback */
+        if (how || !(dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK))
+                rt6_ifdown(net, dev);
         neigh_ifdown(&nd_tbl, dev);
 
         idev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
@@ -4057,11 +4059,11 @@ void inet6_ifinfo_notify(int event, struct inet6_dev *idev)
                 kfree_skb(skb);
                 goto errout;
         }
-        rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFADDR, NULL, GFP_ATOMIC);
+        rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFINFO, NULL, GFP_ATOMIC);
         return;
 errout:
         if (err < 0)
-                rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFADDR, err);
+                rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFINFO, err);
 }
 
 static inline size_t inet6_prefix_nlmsg_size(void)