diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 605cdd38a919..f43e27555725 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -1025,6 +1025,8 @@ static void fib6_purge_rt(struct fib6_info *rt, struct fib6_node *fn,
 {
 	struct fib6_table *table = rt->fib6_table;
 
+	/* Flush all cached dst in exception table */
+	rt6_flush_exceptions(rt);
 	fib6_drop_pcpu_from(rt, table);
 
 	if (rt->nh && !list_empty(&rt->nh_list))
@@ -1927,9 +1929,6 @@ static void fib6_del_route(struct fib6_table *table, struct fib6_node *fn,
 	net->ipv6.rt6_stats->fib_rt_entries--;
 	net->ipv6.rt6_stats->fib_discarded_routes++;
 
-	/* Flush all cached dst in exception table */
-	rt6_flush_exceptions(rt);
-
 	/* Reset round-robin state, if necessary */
 	if (rcu_access_pointer(fn->rr_ptr) == rt)
 		fn->rr_ptr = NULL;