diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index 3ff8938893ec..eae0332b0e8c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ struct fib_table *fib_new_table(struct net *net, u32 id)
 	if (tb)
 		return tb;
 
-	if (id == RT_TABLE_LOCAL)
+	if (id == RT_TABLE_LOCAL && !net->ipv4.fib_has_custom_rules)
 		alias = fib_new_table(net, RT_TABLE_MAIN);
 
 	tb = fib_trie_table(id, alias);