diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 2fea3f4402a0..4e509e52fbc1 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3520,6 +3520,8 @@ int __init addrconf_init(void)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	ip6_null_entry.rt6i_idev = in6_dev_get(&loopback_dev);
+
 	register_netdevice_notifier(&ipv6_dev_notf);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_PRIVACY