diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 36bf4c3fe4f5d..9f0aa255e288a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2084,6 +2084,8 @@ static int ip6_route_del(struct fib6_config *cfg)
 				continue;
 			if (cfg->fc_metric && cfg->fc_metric != rt->rt6i_metric)
 				continue;
+			if (cfg->fc_protocol && cfg->fc_protocol != rt->rt6i_protocol)
+				continue;
 			dst_hold(&rt->dst);
 			read_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);