rt = addrconf_get_prefix_route(&ifp->peer_addr, 128,
                                                       ifp->idev->dev, 0, 0);
-                       if (rt && ip6_del_rt(rt))
-                               dst_free(&rt->dst);
+                       if (rt)
+                               ip6_del_rt(rt);
                }
                dst_hold(&ifp->rt->dst);
 
-               if (ip6_del_rt(ifp->rt))
-                       dst_free(&ifp->rt->dst);
+               ip6_del_rt(ifp->rt);
 
                rt_genid_bump_ipv6(net);
                break;
 
        int replace_required = 0;
        int sernum = fib6_new_sernum(info->nl_net);
 
+       if (WARN_ON_ONCE((rt->dst.flags & DST_NOCACHE) &&
+                        !atomic_read(&rt->dst.__refcnt)))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
        if (info->nlh) {
                if (!(info->nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_CREATE))
                        allow_create = 0;
                fib6_start_gc(info->nl_net, rt);
                if (!(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE))
                        fib6_prune_clones(info->nl_net, pn);
+               rt->dst.flags &= ~DST_NOCACHE;
        }
 
 out:
                        atomic_inc(&pn->leaf->rt6i_ref);
                }
 #endif
-               dst_free(&rt->dst);
+               if (!(rt->dst.flags & DST_NOCACHE))
+                       dst_free(&rt->dst);
        }
        return err;
 
 st_failure:
        if (fn && !(fn->fn_flags & (RTN_RTINFO|RTN_ROOT)))
                fib6_repair_tree(info->nl_net, fn);
-       dst_free(&rt->dst);
+       if (!(rt->dst.flags & DST_NOCACHE))
+               dst_free(&rt->dst);
        return err;
 #endif
 }
 
        if (rt) {
                if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE) {
                        dst_hold(&rt->dst);
-                       if (ip6_del_rt(rt))
-                               dst_free(&rt->dst);
+                       ip6_del_rt(rt);
                } else if (rt->rt6i_node && (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_DEFAULT)) {
                        rt->rt6i_node->fn_sernum = -1;
                }
        struct fib6_table *table;
        struct net *net = dev_net(rt->dst.dev);
 
-       if (rt == net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry) {
+       if (rt == net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry ||
+           rt->dst.flags & DST_NOCACHE) {
                err = -ENOENT;
                goto out;
        }
        rt->rt6i_dst.addr = *addr;
        rt->rt6i_dst.plen = 128;
        rt->rt6i_table = fib6_get_table(net, RT6_TABLE_LOCAL);
+       rt->dst.flags |= DST_NOCACHE;
 
        atomic_set(&rt->dst.__refcnt, 1);