1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c
index c4f934176cab..30647857a375 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ struct dst_entry *inet6_csk_update_pmtu(struct sock *sk, u32 mtu)
                 return NULL;
         dst->ops->update_pmtu(dst, sk, NULL, mtu);
 
-        return inet6_csk_route_socket(sk, &fl6);
+        dst = inet6_csk_route_socket(sk, &fl6);
+        return IS_ERR(dst) ? NULL : dst;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inet6_csk_update_pmtu);