diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index aaf9700fc9e5..fb961a576abe 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ static inline void rt6_update_expires(struct rt6_info *rt0, int timeout)
 
 static inline u32 rt6_get_cookie(const struct rt6_info *rt)
 {
-	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_PCPU || unlikely(rt->dst.flags & DST_NOCACHE))
+	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_PCPU ||
+	    (unlikely(rt->dst.flags & DST_NOCACHE) && rt->dst.from))
 		rt = (struct rt6_info *)(rt->dst.from);
 
 	return rt->rt6i_node ? rt->rt6i_node->fn_sernum : 0;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 3754cf9287a0..6f01fe122abd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -1281,7 +1281,8 @@ static struct dst_entry *ip6_dst_check(struct dst_entry *dst, u32 cookie)
 
 	rt6_dst_from_metrics_check(rt);
 
-	if ((rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_PCPU) || unlikely(dst->flags & DST_NOCACHE))
+	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_PCPU ||
+	    (unlikely(dst->flags & DST_NOCACHE) && rt->dst.from))
 		return rt6_dst_from_check(rt, cookie);
 	else
 		return rt6_check(rt, cookie);