diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 87f47bc55c5e..6e2af411cd9c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ struct dst_entry *fib6_rule_lookup(struct net *net, struct flowi6 *fl6,
 	if (rt->dst.error == -EAGAIN) {
 		ip6_rt_put_flags(rt, flags);
 		rt = net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry;
-		if (!(flags | RT6_LOOKUP_F_DST_NOREF))
+		if (!(flags & RT6_LOOKUP_F_DST_NOREF))
 			dst_hold(&rt->dst);
 	}