diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index 92dd4b74d513a..292123bc30faa 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static int __ipmr_fill_mroute(struct mr_table *mrt, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			      struct mfc_cache *c, struct rtmsg *rtm);
 static void mroute_netlink_event(struct mr_table *mrt, struct mfc_cache *mfc,
 				 int cmd);
-static void mroute_clean_tables(struct mr_table *mrt);
+static void mroute_clean_tables(struct mr_table *mrt, bool all);
 static void ipmr_expire_process(unsigned long arg);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_MROUTE_MULTIPLE_TABLES
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static struct mr_table *ipmr_new_table(struct net *net, u32 id)
 static void ipmr_free_table(struct mr_table *mrt)
 {
 	del_timer_sync(&mrt->ipmr_expire_timer);
-	mroute_clean_tables(mrt);
+	mroute_clean_tables(mrt, true);
 	kfree(mrt);
 }
 
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ static int ipmr_mfc_add(struct net *net, struct mr_table *mrt,
  *	Close the multicast socket, and clear the vif tables etc
  */
 
-static void mroute_clean_tables(struct mr_table *mrt)
+static void mroute_clean_tables(struct mr_table *mrt, bool all)
 {
 	int i;
 	LIST_HEAD(list);
@@ -1217,8 +1217,9 @@ static void mroute_clean_tables(struct mr_table *mrt)
 	/* Shut down all active vif entries */
 
 	for (i = 0; i < mrt->maxvif; i++) {
-		if (!(mrt->vif_table[i].flags & VIFF_STATIC))
-			vif_delete(mrt, i, 0, &list);
+		if (!all && (mrt->vif_table[i].flags & VIFF_STATIC))
+			continue;
+		vif_delete(mrt, i, 0, &list);
 	}
 	unregister_netdevice_many(&list);
 
@@ -1226,7 +1227,7 @@ static void mroute_clean_tables(struct mr_table *mrt)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < MFC_LINES; i++) {
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(c, next, &mrt->mfc_cache_array[i], list) {
-			if (c->mfc_flags & MFC_STATIC)
+			if (!all && (c->mfc_flags & MFC_STATIC))
 				continue;
 			list_del_rcu(&c->list);
 			mroute_netlink_event(mrt, c, RTM_DELROUTE);
@@ -1261,7 +1262,7 @@ static void mrtsock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 						    NETCONFA_IFINDEX_ALL,
 						    net->ipv4.devconf_all);
 			RCU_INIT_POINTER(mrt->mroute_sk, NULL);
-			mroute_clean_tables(mrt);
+			mroute_clean_tables(mrt, false);
 		}
 	}
 	rtnl_unlock();