diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index 525f701653ca..d6d936cbf6b3 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -263,8 +263,7 @@ static inline u32 rt6_get_cookie(const struct rt6_info *rt)
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	from = rcu_dereference(rt->from);
-	if (from && (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_PCPU ||
-	    unlikely(!list_empty(&rt->rt6i_uncached))))
+	if (from)
 		fib6_get_cookie_safe(from, &cookie);
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();