diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 8473016bba4a..05c89be04c9f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -1230,9 +1230,18 @@ int ip6_route_add(struct fib6_config *cfg)
 	if (cfg->fc_metric == 0)
 		cfg->fc_metric = IP6_RT_PRIO_USER;
 
-	table = fib6_new_table(net, cfg->fc_table);
+	err = -ENOBUFS;
+	if (NULL != cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh &&
+	    !(cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh->nlmsg_flags&NLM_F_CREATE)) {
+		table = fib6_get_table(net, cfg->fc_table);
+		if (table == NULL) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "IPv6: NLM_F_CREATE should be specified when creating new route\n");
+			table = fib6_new_table(net, cfg->fc_table);
+		}
+	} else {
+		table = fib6_new_table(net, cfg->fc_table);
+	}
 	if (table == NULL) {
-		err = -ENOBUFS;
 		goto out;
 	}