diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 0db120d2a4feb..b0a72677b7e56 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2292,7 +2292,6 @@ static void rt6_do_redirect(struct dst_entry *dst, struct sock *sk, struct sk_bu
 	if (on_link)
 		nrt->rt6i_flags &= ~RTF_GATEWAY;
 
-	nrt->rt6i_protocol = RTPROT_REDIRECT;
 	nrt->rt6i_gateway = *(struct in6_addr *)neigh->primary_key;
 
 	if (ip6_ins_rt(nrt))
@@ -2397,7 +2396,6 @@ static struct rt6_info *rt6_add_route_info(struct net *net,
 		.fc_dst_len	= prefixlen,
 		.fc_flags	= RTF_GATEWAY | RTF_ADDRCONF | RTF_ROUTEINFO |
 				  RTF_UP | RTF_PREF(pref),
-		.fc_protocol = RTPROT_RA,
 		.fc_nlinfo.portid = 0,
 		.fc_nlinfo.nlh = NULL,
 		.fc_nlinfo.nl_net = net,
@@ -2450,7 +2448,6 @@ struct rt6_info *rt6_add_dflt_router(const struct in6_addr *gwaddr,
 		.fc_ifindex	= dev->ifindex,
 		.fc_flags	= RTF_GATEWAY | RTF_ADDRCONF | RTF_DEFAULT |
 				  RTF_UP | RTF_EXPIRES | RTF_PREF(pref),
-		.fc_protocol = RTPROT_RA,
 		.fc_nlinfo.portid = 0,
 		.fc_nlinfo.nlh = NULL,
 		.fc_nlinfo.nl_net = dev_net(dev),
@@ -3247,6 +3244,14 @@ static int rt6_fill_node(struct net *net,
 	}
 	rtm->rtm_scope = RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE;
 	rtm->rtm_protocol = rt->rt6i_protocol;
+	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_DYNAMIC)
+		rtm->rtm_protocol = RTPROT_REDIRECT;
+	else if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_ADDRCONF) {
+		if (rt->rt6i_flags & (RTF_DEFAULT | RTF_ROUTEINFO))
+			rtm->rtm_protocol = RTPROT_RA;
+		else
+			rtm->rtm_protocol = RTPROT_KERNEL;
+	}
 
 	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE)
 		rtm->rtm_flags |= RTM_F_CLONED;