diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 8c8c748ebb28..24fd4c596643 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ static void ipv4_dst_destroy(struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
 	struct rtable *rt = (struct rtable *) dst;
 
-	if (dst->flags & DST_NOCACHE) {
+	if (!list_empty(&rt->rt_uncached)) {
 		spin_lock_bh(&rt_uncached_lock);
 		list_del(&rt->rt_uncached);
 		spin_unlock_bh(&rt_uncached_lock);