diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f5e2e11d0655..276299b6e81e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 725a4a465c943ab0f91fcffc3846acbcdb704aac
+refs/heads/master: 2c1c00040af3d187b7d602dd53b5adbbf3a4caa4
diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c b/trunk/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
index b1108ede18e1..d829874d8946 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
@@ -34,11 +34,10 @@ struct dst_entry *fib6_rule_lookup(struct net *net, struct flowi *fl,
 {
 	struct fib_lookup_arg arg = {
 		.lookup_ptr = lookup,
+		.flags = FIB_LOOKUP_NOREF,
 	};
 
 	fib_rules_lookup(net->ipv6.fib6_rules_ops, fl, flags, &arg);
-	if (arg.rule)
-		fib_rule_put(arg.rule);
 
 	if (arg.result)
 		return arg.result;