struct dst_entry *fib6_rule_lookup(struct net *net, struct flowi6 *fl6,
                                   int flags, pol_lookup_t lookup)
 {
-       struct rt6_info *rt;
        struct fib_lookup_arg arg = {
                .lookup_ptr = lookup,
                .flags = FIB_LOOKUP_NOREF,
        fib_rules_lookup(net->ipv6.fib6_rules_ops,
                         flowi6_to_flowi(fl6), flags, &arg);
 
-       rt = arg.result;
+       if (arg.result)
+               return arg.result;
 
-       if (!rt) {
-               dst_hold(&net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry->dst);
-               return &net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry->dst;
-       }
-
-       if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_REJECT &&
-           rt->dst.error == -EAGAIN) {
-               ip6_rt_put(rt);
-               rt = net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry;
-               dst_hold(&rt->dst);
-       }
-
-       return &rt->dst;
+       dst_hold(&net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry->dst);
+       return &net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry->dst;
 }
 
 static int fib6_rule_action(struct fib_rule *rule, struct flowi *flp,
                        flp6->saddr = saddr;
                }
                err = rt->dst.error;
-               goto out;
+               if (err != -EAGAIN)
+                       goto out;
        }
 again:
        ip6_rt_put(rt);
 
        struct rt6_info *rt;
 
        rt = lookup(net, net->ipv6.fib6_main_tbl, fl6, flags);
-       if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_REJECT &&
-           rt->dst.error == -EAGAIN) {
+       if (rt->dst.error == -EAGAIN) {
                ip6_rt_put(rt);
                rt = net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry;
                dst_hold(&rt->dst);