if (rt->rt_gateway.sa_family == AF_INET && addr) {
                unsigned int addr_type;
 
-               cfg->fc_gw = addr;
+               cfg->fc_gw4 = addr;
+               cfg->fc_gw_family = AF_INET;
                addr_type = inet_addr_type_table(net, addr, cfg->fc_table);
                if (rt->rt_flags & RTF_GATEWAY &&
                    addr_type == RTN_UNICAST)
        if (cmd == SIOCDELRT)
                return 0;
 
-       if (rt->rt_flags & RTF_GATEWAY && !cfg->fc_gw)
+       if (rt->rt_flags & RTF_GATEWAY && !cfg->fc_gw_family)
                return -EINVAL;
 
        if (cfg->fc_scope == RT_SCOPE_NOWHERE)
                        cfg->fc_oif = nla_get_u32(attr);
                        break;
                case RTA_GATEWAY:
-                       cfg->fc_gw = nla_get_be32(attr);
+                       cfg->fc_gw_family = AF_INET;
+                       cfg->fc_gw4 = nla_get_be32(attr);
                        break;
                case RTA_VIA:
                        NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "IPv4 does not support RTA_VIA attribute");
 
                goto init_failure;
 
        nh->fib_nh_oif = cfg->fc_oif;
-       if (cfg->fc_gw) {
-               nh->fib_nh_gw4 = cfg->fc_gw;
+       if (cfg->fc_gw_family == AF_INET) {
+               nh->fib_nh_gw4 = cfg->fc_gw4;
                nh->fib_nh_gw_family = AF_INET;
        }
        nh->fib_nh_flags = cfg->fc_flags;
                        struct nlattr *nla, *attrs = rtnh_attrs(rtnh);
 
                        nla = nla_find(attrs, attrlen, RTA_GATEWAY);
-                       if (nla)
-                               fib_cfg.fc_gw = nla_get_in_addr(nla);
+                       if (nla) {
+                               fib_cfg.fc_gw_family = AF_INET;
+                               fib_cfg.fc_gw4 = nla_get_in_addr(nla);
+                       }
 
                        nla = nla_find(attrs, attrlen, RTA_FLOW);
                        if (nla)
                               "Nexthop device index does not match RTA_OIF");
                goto errout;
        }
-       if (cfg->fc_gw && fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_gw4 != cfg->fc_gw) {
-               NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
-                              "Nexthop gateway does not match RTA_GATEWAY");
-               goto errout;
+       if (cfg->fc_gw_family) {
+               if (cfg->fc_gw_family != fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_gw_family ||
+                   (cfg->fc_gw_family == AF_INET &&
+                    fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_gw4 != cfg->fc_gw4)) {
+                       NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+                                      "Nexthop gateway does not match RTA_GATEWAY");
+                       goto errout;
+               }
        }
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
        if (cfg->fc_flow && fi->fib_nh->nh_tclassid != cfg->fc_flow) {
        if (cfg->fc_priority && cfg->fc_priority != fi->fib_priority)
                return 1;
 
-       if (cfg->fc_oif || cfg->fc_gw) {
+       if (cfg->fc_oif || cfg->fc_gw_family) {
                if (cfg->fc_encap) {
                        if (fib_encap_match(cfg->fc_encap_type, cfg->fc_encap,
                                            fi->fib_nh, cfg, extack))
                    cfg->fc_flow != fi->fib_nh->nh_tclassid)
                        return 1;
 #endif
-               if ((!cfg->fc_oif || cfg->fc_oif == fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_oif) &&
-                   (!cfg->fc_gw  || cfg->fc_gw == fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_gw4))
-                       return 0;
-               return 1;
+               if ((cfg->fc_oif && cfg->fc_oif != fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_oif) ||
+                   (cfg->fc_gw_family &&
+                    cfg->fc_gw_family != fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_gw_family))
+                       return 1;
+
+               if (cfg->fc_gw_family == AF_INET &&
+                   cfg->fc_gw4 != fi->fib_nh->fib_nh_gw4)
+                       return 1;
+
+               return 0;
        }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
                goto failure;
 
        if (fib_props[cfg->fc_type].error) {
-               if (cfg->fc_gw || cfg->fc_oif || cfg->fc_mp) {
+               if (cfg->fc_gw_family || cfg->fc_oif || cfg->fc_mp) {
                        NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
                                       "Gateway, device and multipath can not be specified for this route type");
                        goto err_inval;