1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index d2df3144429b..e733942dafe1 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ lookup_protocol:
 
         inet_sk(sk)->pinet6 = np = inet6_sk_generic(sk);
         np->hop_limit   = -1;
-        np->mcast_hops  = -1;
+        np->mcast_hops  = IPV6_DEFAULT_MCASTHOPS;
         np->mc_loop     = 1;
         np->pmtudisc    = IPV6_PMTUDISC_WANT;
         np->ipv6only    = net->ipv6.sysctl.bindv6only;