diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index d315fb270514..52feab2baeee 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2452,7 +2452,7 @@ static void addrconf_add_mroute(struct net_device *dev)
 		.fc_ifindex = dev->ifindex,
 		.fc_dst_len = 8,
 		.fc_flags = RTF_UP,
-		.fc_type = RTN_UNICAST,
+		.fc_type = RTN_MULTICAST,
 		.fc_nlinfo.nl_net = dev_net(dev),
 		.fc_protocol = RTPROT_KERNEL,
 	};