diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index a318dd89b6d9..f1ab2f4f4529 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -772,23 +772,22 @@ int rt6_route_rcv(struct net_device *dev, u8 *opt, int len,
 }
 #endif
 
-#define BACKTRACK(__net, saddr)			\
-do { \
-	if (rt == __net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry) {	\
-		struct fib6_node *pn; \
-		while (1) { \
-			if (fn->fn_flags & RTN_TL_ROOT) \
-				goto out; \
-			pn = fn->parent; \
-			if (FIB6_SUBTREE(pn) && FIB6_SUBTREE(pn) != fn) \
-				fn = fib6_lookup(FIB6_SUBTREE(pn), NULL, saddr); \
-			else \
-				fn = pn; \
-			if (fn->fn_flags & RTN_RTINFO) \
-				goto restart; \
-		} \
-	} \
-} while (0)
+static struct fib6_node* fib6_backtrack(struct fib6_node *fn,
+					struct in6_addr *saddr)
+{
+	struct fib6_node *pn;
+	while (1) {
+		if (fn->fn_flags & RTN_TL_ROOT)
+			return NULL;
+		pn = fn->parent;
+		if (FIB6_SUBTREE(pn) && FIB6_SUBTREE(pn) != fn)
+			fn = fib6_lookup(FIB6_SUBTREE(pn), NULL, saddr);
+		else
+			fn = pn;
+		if (fn->fn_flags & RTN_RTINFO)
+			return fn;
+	}
+}
 
 static struct rt6_info *ip6_pol_route_lookup(struct net *net,
 					     struct fib6_table *table,
@@ -804,8 +803,11 @@ restart:
 	rt = rt6_device_match(net, rt, &fl6->saddr, fl6->flowi6_oif, flags);
 	if (rt->rt6i_nsiblings && fl6->flowi6_oif == 0)
 		rt = rt6_multipath_select(rt, fl6, fl6->flowi6_oif, flags);
-	BACKTRACK(net, &fl6->saddr);
-out:
+	if (rt == net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry) {
+		fn = fib6_backtrack(fn, &fl6->saddr);
+		if (fn)
+			goto restart;
+	}
 	dst_use(&rt->dst, jiffies);
 	read_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
 	return rt;
@@ -924,19 +926,25 @@ static struct rt6_info *ip6_pol_route(struct net *net, struct fib6_table *table,
 
 	strict |= flags & RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE;
 
-relookup:
+redo_fib6_lookup_lock:
 	read_lock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
 
-restart_2:
+redo_fib6_lookup:
 	fn = fib6_lookup(&table->tb6_root, &fl6->daddr, &fl6->saddr);
 
-restart:
+redo_rt6_select:
 	rt = rt6_select(fn, oif, strict | reachable);
 	if (rt->rt6i_nsiblings)
 		rt = rt6_multipath_select(rt, fl6, oif, strict | reachable);
-	BACKTRACK(net, &fl6->saddr);
-	if (rt == net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry ||
-	    rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE)
+	if (rt == net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry) {
+		fn = fib6_backtrack(fn, &fl6->saddr);
+		if (fn)
+			goto redo_rt6_select;
+		else
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE)
 		goto out;
 
 	dst_hold(&rt->dst);
@@ -967,12 +975,12 @@ restart:
 	 * released someone could insert this route.  Relookup.
 	 */
 	ip6_rt_put(rt);
-	goto relookup;
+	goto redo_fib6_lookup_lock;
 
 out:
 	if (reachable) {
 		reachable = 0;
-		goto restart_2;
+		goto redo_fib6_lookup;
 	}
 	dst_hold(&rt->dst);
 	read_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
@@ -1235,10 +1243,12 @@ restart:
 		rt = net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry;
 	else if (rt->dst.error) {
 		rt = net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry;
-		goto out;
+	} else if (rt == net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry) {
+		fn = fib6_backtrack(fn, &fl6->saddr);
+		if (fn)
+			goto restart;
 	}
-	BACKTRACK(net, &fl6->saddr);
-out:
+
 	dst_hold(&rt->dst);
 
 	read_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);