1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 7fcb0e5d1213..0d7713c5c206 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -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)