diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index e6bbcdee7707a..0947ad0b3de8a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -1140,6 +1140,7 @@ void ip6_route_input(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		.flowi6_proto = iph->nexthdr,
 	};
 
+	skb_dst_drop(skb);
 	skb_dst_set(skb, ip6_route_input_lookup(net, skb->dev, &fl6, flags));
 }