diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index 1f8dc9d12abb..c73b985734f5 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ struct rt6_info {
 					should_flush:1,
 					unused:6;
 
+	unsigned long			expires;
 	struct dst_metrics		*fib6_metrics;
 #define fib6_pmtu		fib6_metrics->metrics[RTAX_MTU-1]
 	struct fib6_nh			fib6_nh;
@@ -197,6 +198,26 @@ static inline struct inet6_dev *ip6_dst_idev(struct dst_entry *dst)
 	return ((struct rt6_info *)dst)->rt6i_idev;
 }
 
+static inline void fib6_clean_expires(struct rt6_info *f6i)
+{
+	f6i->rt6i_flags &= ~RTF_EXPIRES;
+	f6i->expires = 0;
+}
+
+static inline void fib6_set_expires(struct rt6_info *f6i,
+				    unsigned long expires)
+{
+	f6i->expires = expires;
+	f6i->rt6i_flags |= RTF_EXPIRES;
+}
+
+static inline bool fib6_check_expired(const struct rt6_info *f6i)
+{
+	if (f6i->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES)
+		return time_after(jiffies, f6i->expires);
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline void rt6_clean_expires(struct rt6_info *rt)
 {
 	rt->rt6i_flags &= ~RTF_EXPIRES;
@@ -211,11 +232,9 @@ static inline void rt6_set_expires(struct rt6_info *rt, unsigned long expires)
 
 static inline void rt6_update_expires(struct rt6_info *rt0, int timeout)
 {
-	struct rt6_info *rt;
+	if (!(rt0->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES) && rt0->from)
+		rt0->dst.expires = rt0->from->expires;
 
-	for (rt = rt0; rt && !(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES); rt = rt->from);
-	if (rt && rt != rt0)
-		rt0->dst.expires = rt->dst.expires;
 	dst_set_expires(&rt0->dst, timeout);
 	rt0->rt6i_flags |= RTF_EXPIRES;
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 483c8772e856..a156f1a0b1a7 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ cleanup_prefix_route(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp, unsigned long expires, bool del_r
 			ip6_del_rt(dev_net(ifp->idev->dev), rt);
 		else {
 			if (!(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES))
-				rt6_set_expires(rt, expires);
+				fib6_set_expires(rt, expires);
 			ip6_rt_put(rt);
 		}
 	}
@@ -2672,9 +2672,9 @@ void addrconf_prefix_rcv(struct net_device *dev, u8 *opt, int len, bool sllao)
 				rt = NULL;
 			} else if (addrconf_finite_timeout(rt_expires)) {
 				/* not infinity */
-				rt6_set_expires(rt, jiffies + rt_expires);
+				fib6_set_expires(rt, jiffies + rt_expires);
 			} else {
-				rt6_clean_expires(rt);
+				fib6_clean_expires(rt);
 			}
 		} else if (valid_lft) {
 			clock_t expires = 0;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 0d94c56c3e41..f25f4d9831e8 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -906,9 +906,9 @@ static int fib6_add_rt2node(struct fib6_node *fn, struct rt6_info *rt,
 				if (!(iter->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES))
 					return -EEXIST;
 				if (!(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES))
-					rt6_clean_expires(iter);
+					fib6_clean_expires(iter);
 				else
-					rt6_set_expires(iter, rt->dst.expires);
+					fib6_set_expires(iter, rt->expires);
 				fib6_metric_set(iter, RTAX_MTU, rt->fib6_pmtu);
 				return -EEXIST;
 			}
@@ -2003,8 +2003,8 @@ static int fib6_age(struct rt6_info *rt, void *arg)
 	 *	Routes are expired even if they are in use.
 	 */
 
-	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES && rt->dst.expires) {
-		if (time_after(now, rt->dst.expires)) {
+	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES && rt->expires) {
+		if (time_after(now, rt->expires)) {
 			RT6_TRACE("expiring %p\n", rt);
 			return -1;
 		}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index b058ea9ecec0..e4d9eea92139 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ static void ndisc_router_discovery(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 
 	if (rt)
-		rt6_set_expires(rt, jiffies + (HZ * lifetime));
+		fib6_set_expires(rt, jiffies + (HZ * lifetime));
 	if (in6_dev->cnf.accept_ra_min_hop_limit < 256 &&
 	    ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit) {
 		if (in6_dev->cnf.accept_ra_min_hop_limit <= ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit) {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 62aafd06c35f..f6ca55d21fac 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static bool rt6_check_expired(const struct rt6_info *rt)
 			return true;
 	} else if (rt->from) {
 		return rt->dst.obsolete != DST_OBSOLETE_FORCE_CHK ||
-			rt6_check_expired(rt->from);
+			fib6_check_expired(rt->from);
 	}
 	return false;
 }
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ static struct rt6_info *find_match(struct rt6_info *rt, int oif, int strict,
 	    !(strict & RT6_LOOKUP_F_IGNORE_LINKSTATE))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (rt6_check_expired(rt))
+	if (fib6_check_expired(rt))
 		goto out;
 
 	m = rt6_score_route(rt, oif, strict);
@@ -871,9 +871,9 @@ int rt6_route_rcv(struct net_device *dev, u8 *opt, int len,
 
 	if (rt) {
 		if (!addrconf_finite_timeout(lifetime))
-			rt6_clean_expires(rt);
+			fib6_clean_expires(rt);
 		else
-			rt6_set_expires(rt, jiffies + HZ * lifetime);
+			fib6_set_expires(rt, jiffies + HZ * lifetime);
 
 		ip6_rt_put(rt);
 	}
@@ -2383,7 +2383,7 @@ restart:
 	for_each_fib6_node_rt_rcu(fn) {
 		if (rt->fib6_nh.nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
 			continue;
-		if (rt6_check_expired(rt))
+		if (fib6_check_expired(rt))
 			continue;
 		if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_REJECT)
 			break;
@@ -2909,10 +2909,10 @@ static struct rt6_info *ip6_route_info_create(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 		goto out;
 
 	if (cfg->fc_flags & RTF_EXPIRES)
-		rt6_set_expires(rt, jiffies +
+		fib6_set_expires(rt, jiffies +
 				clock_t_to_jiffies(cfg->fc_expires));
 	else
-		rt6_clean_expires(rt);
+		fib6_clean_expires(rt);
 
 	if (cfg->fc_protocol == RTPROT_UNSPEC)
 		cfg->fc_protocol = RTPROT_BOOT;
@@ -4599,8 +4599,10 @@ static int rt6_fill_node(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 	}
 
-	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES && dst)
-		expires = dst->expires - jiffies;
+	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES) {
+		expires = dst ? dst->expires : rt->expires;
+		expires -= jiffies;
+	}
 
 	if (rtnl_put_cacheinfo(skb, dst, 0, expires, dst ? dst->error : 0) < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;