diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index a74e2aa40ef4..c979c878df1c 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ struct fib6_config {
 	int		fc_ifindex;
 	u32		fc_flags;
 	u32		fc_protocol;
-	u32		fc_type;	/* only 8 bits are used */
+	u16		fc_type;        /* only 8 bits are used */
+	u16		fc_delete_all_nh : 1,
+			__unused : 15;
 
 	struct in6_addr	fc_dst;
 	struct in6_addr	fc_src;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 91eb3f7782dd..635b7fdef2eb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2143,6 +2143,34 @@ int ip6_del_rt(struct rt6_info *rt)
 	return __ip6_del_rt(rt, &info);
 }
 
+static int __ip6_del_rt_siblings(struct rt6_info *rt, struct fib6_config *cfg)
+{
+	struct nl_info *info = &cfg->fc_nlinfo;
+	struct fib6_table *table;
+	int err;
+
+	table = rt->rt6i_table;
+	write_lock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
+
+	if (rt->rt6i_nsiblings && cfg->fc_delete_all_nh) {
+		struct rt6_info *sibling, *next_sibling;
+
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(sibling, next_sibling,
+					 &rt->rt6i_siblings,
+					 rt6i_siblings) {
+			err = fib6_del(sibling, info);
+			if (err)
+				goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	err = fib6_del(rt, info);
+out:
+	write_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
+	ip6_rt_put(rt);
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int ip6_route_del(struct fib6_config *cfg)
 {
 	struct fib6_table *table;
@@ -2179,7 +2207,11 @@ static int ip6_route_del(struct fib6_config *cfg)
 			dst_hold(&rt->dst);
 			read_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
 
-			return __ip6_del_rt(rt, &cfg->fc_nlinfo);
+			/* if gateway was specified only delete the one hop */
+			if (cfg->fc_flags & RTF_GATEWAY)
+				return __ip6_del_rt(rt, &cfg->fc_nlinfo);
+
+			return __ip6_del_rt_siblings(rt, cfg);
 		}
 	}
 	read_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
@@ -3142,8 +3174,10 @@ static int inet6_rtm_delroute(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 
 	if (cfg.fc_mp)
 		return ip6_route_multipath_del(&cfg);
-	else
+	else {
+		cfg.fc_delete_all_nh = 1;
 		return ip6_route_del(&cfg);
+	}
 }
 
 static int inet6_rtm_newroute(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)