diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index fb653736f335..3b49f3aafed7 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -857,6 +857,11 @@ struct tcp_skb_cb {
  * as TCP moves IP6CB into a different location in skb->cb[]
  */
 static inline int tcp_v6_iif(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->header.h6.iif;
+}
+
+static inline int tcp_v6_iif_l3_slave(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	bool l3_slave = ipv6_l3mdev_skb(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->header.h6.flags);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/icmp.c b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
index 5acb54405b10..c5f2b17b7ee1 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
@@ -405,9 +405,10 @@ static int icmp6_iif(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	/* for local traffic to local address, skb dev is the loopback
 	 * device. Check if there is a dst attached to the skb and if so
-	 * get the real device index.
+	 * get the real device index. Same is needed for replies to a link
+	 * local address on a device enslaved to an L3 master device
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(iif == LOOPBACK_IFINDEX)) {
+	if (unlikely(iif == LOOPBACK_IFINDEX || netif_is_l3_master(skb->dev))) {
 		const struct rt6_info *rt6 = skb_rt6_info(skb);
 
 		if (rt6)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 35e8aef9ceed..ba8586aadffa 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -918,7 +918,8 @@ static void tcp_v6_send_reset(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 					   &tcp_hashinfo, NULL, 0,
 					   &ipv6h->saddr,
 					   th->source, &ipv6h->daddr,
-					   ntohs(th->source), tcp_v6_iif(skb),
+					   ntohs(th->source),
+					   tcp_v6_iif_l3_slave(skb),
 					   tcp_v6_sdif(skb));
 		if (!sk1)
 			goto out;
@@ -1573,7 +1574,8 @@ do_time_wait:
 					    skb, __tcp_hdrlen(th),
 					    &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr, th->source,
 					    &ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr,
-					    ntohs(th->dest), tcp_v6_iif(skb),
+					    ntohs(th->dest),
+					    tcp_v6_iif_l3_slave(skb),
 					    sdif);
 		if (sk2) {
 			struct inet_timewait_sock *tw = inet_twsk(sk);