1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index fc328339be99..96455ffb76fb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -1945,8 +1945,12 @@ struct rt6_info *addrconf_dst_alloc(struct inet6_dev *idev,
         struct rt6_info *rt = ip6_dst_alloc(&net->ipv6.ip6_dst_ops);
         struct neighbour *neigh;
 
-        if (rt == NULL)
+        if (rt == NULL) {
+                if (net_ratelimit())
+                        pr_warning("IPv6:  Maximum number of routes reached,"
+                                   " consider increasing route/max_size.\n");
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+        }
 
         dev_hold(net->loopback_dev);
         in6_dev_hold(idev);