diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 7fcb0e5d1213..0d7713c5c206 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -890,12 +890,17 @@ static struct dst_entry *ip6_negative_advice(struct dst_entry *dst)
 	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
 
 	if (rt) {
-		if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE)
-			ip6_del_rt(rt);
-		else
+		if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE) {
+			if (rt6_check_expired(rt)) {
+				ip6_del_rt(rt);
+				dst = NULL;
+			}
+		} else {
 			dst_release(dst);
+			dst = NULL;
+		}
 	}
-	return NULL;
+	return dst;
 }
 
 static void ip6_link_failure(struct sk_buff *skb)