/* Create subtree root node */
                        sfn = node_alloc();
                        if (!sfn)
-                               goto st_failure;
+                               goto failure;
 
                        sfn->leaf = info->nl_net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry;
                        atomic_inc(&info->nl_net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry->rt6i_ref);
 
                        if (IS_ERR(sn)) {
                                /* If it is failed, discard just allocated
-                                  root, and then (in st_failure) stale node
+                                  root, and then (in failure) stale node
                                   in main tree.
                                 */
                                node_free(sfn);
                                err = PTR_ERR(sn);
-                               goto st_failure;
+                               goto failure;
                        }
 
                        /* Now link new subtree to main tree */
 
                        if (IS_ERR(sn)) {
                                err = PTR_ERR(sn);
-                               goto st_failure;
+                               goto failure;
                        }
                }
 
                        atomic_inc(&pn->leaf->rt6i_ref);
                }
 #endif
-               /* Always release dst as dst->__refcnt is guaranteed
-                * to be taken before entering this function
-                */
-               dst_release_immediate(&rt->dst);
+               goto failure;
        }
        return err;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SUBTREES
-       /* Subtree creation failed, probably main tree node
-          is orphan. If it is, shoot it.
+failure:
+       /* fn->leaf could be NULL if fn is an intermediate node and we
+        * failed to add the new route to it in both subtree creation
+        * failure and fib6_add_rt2node() failure case.
+        * In both cases, fib6_repair_tree() should be called to fix
+        * fn->leaf.
         */
-st_failure:
        if (fn && !(fn->fn_flags & (RTN_RTINFO|RTN_ROOT)))
                fib6_repair_tree(info->nl_net, fn);
        /* Always release dst as dst->__refcnt is guaranteed
         */
        dst_release_immediate(&rt->dst);
        return err;
-#endif
 }
 
 /*