diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 11dac21e6586..fba54a407bb2 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -1513,7 +1513,7 @@ int ip6_route_add(struct fib6_config *cfg)
 	if (!table)
 		goto out;
 
-	rt = ip6_dst_alloc(net, NULL, DST_NOCOUNT, table);
+	rt = ip6_dst_alloc(net, NULL, (cfg->fc_flags & RTF_ADDRCONF) ? 0 : DST_NOCOUNT, table);
 
 	if (!rt) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;