1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 52cd3eff31dc..0d7713c5c206 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ static struct dst_entry *ip6_dst_check(struct dst_entry *dst, u32 cookie)
 
         rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
 
-        if (rt && rt->rt6i_node && (rt->rt6i_node->fn_sernum == cookie))
+        if (rt->rt6i_node && (rt->rt6i_node->fn_sernum == cookie))
                 return dst;
 
         return NULL;
@@ -890,12 +890,17 @@ static struct dst_entry *ip6_negative_advice(struct dst_entry *dst)
         struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
 
         if (rt) {
-                if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE)
-                        ip6_del_rt(rt);
-                else
+                if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE) {
+                        if (rt6_check_expired(rt)) {
+                                ip6_del_rt(rt);
+                                dst = NULL;
+                        }
+                } else {
                         dst_release(dst);
+                        dst = NULL;
+                }
         }
-        return NULL;
+        return dst;
 }
 
 static void ip6_link_failure(struct sk_buff *skb)