diff --git a/net/core/fib_rules.c b/net/core/fib_rules.c
index e7ab0c0285b5..3231b468bb72 100644
--- a/net/core/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/core/fib_rules.c
@@ -384,8 +384,8 @@ static int fib_nl_newrule(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
 		 */
 		list_for_each_entry(r, &ops->rules_list, list) {
 			if (r->action == FR_ACT_GOTO &&
-			    r->target == rule->pref) {
-				BUG_ON(rtnl_dereference(r->ctarget) != NULL);
+			    r->target == rule->pref &&
+			    rtnl_dereference(r->ctarget) == NULL) {
 				rcu_assign_pointer(r->ctarget, rule);
 				if (--ops->unresolved_rules == 0)
 					break;