diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 0b68839b984b..49884f96232b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -1596,7 +1596,8 @@ static struct fib6_node *fib6_locate_1(struct fib6_node *root,
 		if (plen == fn->fn_bit)
 			return fn;
 
-		prev = fn;
+		if (fn->fn_flags & RTN_RTINFO)
+			prev = fn;
 
 next:
 		/*