diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 23cc8e1ce8d4..93b7a933a775 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -4021,11 +4021,11 @@ void inet6_ifinfo_notify(int event, struct inet6_dev *idev)
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		goto errout;
 	}
-	rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFADDR, NULL, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFINFO, NULL, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	return;
 errout:
 	if (err < 0)
-		rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFADDR, err);
+		rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFINFO, err);
 }
 
 static inline size_t inet6_prefix_nlmsg_size(void)