1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 6863f8b43bbd..30458726accf 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static struct dst_ops ip6_dst_blackhole_ops = {
 };
 
 static const u32 ip6_template_metrics[RTAX_MAX] = {
-        [RTAX_HOPLIMIT - 1] = 255,
+        [RTAX_HOPLIMIT - 1] = 0,
 };
 
 static const struct rt6_info ip6_null_entry_template = {
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ struct dst_entry *icmp6_dst_alloc(struct net_device *dev,
         rt->rt6i_dst.addr = fl6->daddr;
         rt->rt6i_dst.plen = 128;
         rt->rt6i_idev     = idev;
-        dst_metric_set(&rt->dst, RTAX_HOPLIMIT, 255);
+        dst_metric_set(&rt->dst, RTAX_HOPLIMIT, 0);
 
         spin_lock_bh(&icmp6_dst_lock);
         rt->dst.next = icmp6_dst_gc_list;