1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
index bf9bba83b852..22a2fdb09831 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ struct dst_entry *fib6_rule_lookup(struct flowi *fl, int flags,
         if (arg.rule)
                 fib_rule_put(arg.rule);
 
-        return (struct dst_entry *) arg.result;
+        if (arg.result)
+                return (struct dst_entry *) arg.result;
+
+        dst_hold(&ip6_null_entry.u.dst);
+        return &ip6_null_entry.u.dst;
 }
 
 static int fib6_rule_action(struct fib_rule *rule, struct flowi *flp,