diff --git a/net/core/fib_rules.c b/net/core/fib_rules.c
index 1eb32276be773c61c4dbb83ba0752ded6dac8ead..1bc66592453ca5cdffb71179a8c69eae7c2265c3 100644
--- a/net/core/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/core/fib_rules.c
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ static int fib_nl_fill_rule(struct sk_buff *skb, struct fib_rule *rule,
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
 	frh = nlmsg_data(nlh);
+	frh->family = ops->family;
 	frh->table = rule->table;
 	NLA_PUT_U32(skb, FRA_TABLE, rule->table);
 	frh->res1 = 0;
diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_rules.c b/net/decnet/dn_rules.c
index 2d14093a2c3aea31ef58bd7d661700ee2ccb653d..1c8cc6d5b645b5ef16da1d9ccd14a4536e24a3ab 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_rules.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_rules.c
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ static int dn_fib_rule_fill(struct fib_rule *rule, struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
 	struct dn_fib_rule *r = (struct dn_fib_rule *)rule;
 
-	frh->family = AF_DECnet;
 	frh->dst_len = r->dst_len;
 	frh->src_len = r->src_len;
 	frh->tos = 0;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
index 73b67849c5b95280ef8187ef5f38bc64ad1c9dc5..a18355e1511105804f800a59b5f4c3b5eac77abc 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ static int fib4_rule_fill(struct fib_rule *rule, struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
 	struct fib4_rule *rule4 = (struct fib4_rule *) rule;
 
-	frh->family = AF_INET;
 	frh->dst_len = rule4->dst_len;
 	frh->src_len = rule4->src_len;
 	frh->tos = rule4->tos;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
index 5e463c43fcc27a3abdfaf257a0bae134819154ae..92b2b7fb6c3d91131c2790113ab24240f32fc90d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ static int fib6_rule_fill(struct fib_rule *rule, struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
 	struct fib6_rule *rule6 = (struct fib6_rule *) rule;
 
-	frh->family = AF_INET6;
 	frh->dst_len = rule6->dst.plen;
 	frh->src_len = rule6->src.plen;
 	frh->tos = rule6->tclass;