diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
index f2e15738534d..8f7bd56955b0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ int __fib_lookup(struct net *net, struct flowi4 *flp, struct fib_result *res)
 	else
 		res->tclassid = 0;
 #endif
+
+	if (err == -ESRCH)
+		err = -ENETUNREACH;
+
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__fib_lookup);