diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 0f60eb3a2873..11ad62effd56 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -3184,7 +3184,7 @@ static struct fib6_info *ip6_route_info_create(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 
 	rt->fib6_table = table;
 	rt->fib6_metric = cfg->fc_metric;
-	rt->fib6_type = cfg->fc_type;
+	rt->fib6_type = cfg->fc_type ? : RTN_UNICAST;
 	rt->fib6_flags = cfg->fc_flags & ~RTF_GATEWAY;
 
 	ipv6_addr_prefix(&rt->fib6_dst.addr, &cfg->fc_dst, cfg->fc_dst_len);