diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index e4c81652f17d..0ba6a382b2b4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -1859,25 +1859,28 @@ static unsigned int ipv4_default_mtu(const struct dst_entry *dst)
 
 static void rt_init_metrics(struct rtable *rt, struct fib_info *fi)
 {
-	if (!(rt->fl.flags & FLOWI_FLAG_PRECOW_METRICS)) {
-	no_cow:
+	struct inet_peer *peer;
+	int create = 0;
+
+	/* If a peer entry exists for this destination, we must hook
+	 * it up in order to get at cached metrics.
+	 */
+	if (rt->fl.flags & FLOWI_FLAG_PRECOW_METRICS)
+		create = 1;
+
+	rt_bind_peer(rt, create);
+	peer = rt->peer;
+	if (peer) {
+		if (inet_metrics_new(peer))
+			memcpy(peer->metrics, fi->fib_metrics,
+			       sizeof(u32) * RTAX_MAX);
+		dst_init_metrics(&rt->dst, peer->metrics, false);
+	} else {
 		if (fi->fib_metrics != (u32 *) dst_default_metrics) {
 			rt->fi = fi;
 			atomic_inc(&fi->fib_clntref);
 		}
 		dst_init_metrics(&rt->dst, fi->fib_metrics, true);
-	} else {
-		struct inet_peer *peer;
-
-		if (!rt->peer)
-			rt_bind_peer(rt, 1);
-		peer = rt->peer;
-		if (!peer)
-			goto no_cow;
-		if (inet_metrics_new(peer))
-			memcpy(peer->metrics, fi->fib_metrics,
-			       sizeof(u32) * RTAX_MAX);
-		dst_init_metrics(&rt->dst, peer->metrics, false);
 	}
 }