diff --git a/include/net/fib_rules.h b/include/net/fib_rules.h
index b473df5b9512..eba8465e1d86 100644
--- a/include/net/fib_rules.h
+++ b/include/net/fib_rules.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ struct fib_rule_notifier_info {
 };
 
 #define FRA_GENERIC_POLICY \
+	[FRA_UNSPEC]	= { .strict_start_type = FRA_DPORT_RANGE + 1 }, \
 	[FRA_IIFNAME]	= { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = IFNAMSIZ - 1 }, \
 	[FRA_OIFNAME]	= { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = IFNAMSIZ - 1 }, \
 	[FRA_PRIORITY]	= { .type = NLA_U32 }, \
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index dfa57a84ac14..76055c66326a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ int ip_rt_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd, struct rtentry *rt)
 }
 
 const struct nla_policy rtm_ipv4_policy[RTA_MAX + 1] = {
+	[RTA_UNSPEC]		= { .strict_start_type = RTA_DPORT + 1 },
 	[RTA_DST]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[RTA_SRC]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[RTA_IIF]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index c52a7f49d096..5f0661c18624 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -4221,6 +4221,7 @@ void rt6_mtu_change(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int mtu)
 }
 
 static const struct nla_policy rtm_ipv6_policy[RTA_MAX+1] = {
+	[RTA_UNSPEC]		= { .strict_start_type = RTA_DPORT + 1 },
 	[RTA_GATEWAY]           = { .len = sizeof(struct in6_addr) },
 	[RTA_PREFSRC]		= { .len = sizeof(struct in6_addr) },
 	[RTA_OIF]               = { .type = NLA_U32 },