diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index b2044dd7172425fd1eafcbcb645d0edcaa5aa044..5585c501a5403a6955dd484cdf074f2e673c935c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -3169,7 +3169,7 @@ static int rt6_fill_node(struct net *net,
 			 struct sk_buff *skb, struct rt6_info *rt,
 			 struct in6_addr *dst, struct in6_addr *src,
 			 int iif, int type, u32 portid, u32 seq,
-			 int prefix, unsigned int flags)
+			 unsigned int flags)
 {
 	u32 metrics[RTAX_MAX];
 	struct rtmsg *rtm;
@@ -3177,13 +3177,6 @@ static int rt6_fill_node(struct net *net,
 	long expires;
 	u32 table;
 
-	if (prefix) {	/* user wants prefix routes only */
-		if (!(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_PREFIX_RT)) {
-			/* success since this is not a prefix route */
-			return 1;
-		}
-	}
-
 	nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, portid, seq, type, sizeof(*rtm), flags);
 	if (!nlh)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
@@ -3324,18 +3317,22 @@ static int rt6_fill_node(struct net *net,
 int rt6_dump_route(struct rt6_info *rt, void *p_arg)
 {
 	struct rt6_rtnl_dump_arg *arg = (struct rt6_rtnl_dump_arg *) p_arg;
-	int prefix;
 
 	if (nlmsg_len(arg->cb->nlh) >= sizeof(struct rtmsg)) {
 		struct rtmsg *rtm = nlmsg_data(arg->cb->nlh);
-		prefix = (rtm->rtm_flags & RTM_F_PREFIX) != 0;
-	} else
-		prefix = 0;
+
+		/* user wants prefix routes only */
+		if (rtm->rtm_flags & RTM_F_PREFIX &&
+		    !(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_PREFIX_RT)) {
+			/* success since this is not a prefix route */
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
 
 	return rt6_fill_node(arg->net,
 		     arg->skb, rt, NULL, NULL, 0, RTM_NEWROUTE,
 		     NETLINK_CB(arg->cb->skb).portid, arg->cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
-		     prefix, NLM_F_MULTI);
+		     NLM_F_MULTI);
 }
 
 static int inet6_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
@@ -3426,7 +3423,7 @@ static int inet6_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 
 	err = rt6_fill_node(net, skb, rt, &fl6.daddr, &fl6.saddr, iif,
 			    RTM_NEWROUTE, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).portid,
-			    nlh->nlmsg_seq, 0, 0);
+			    nlh->nlmsg_seq, 0);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		goto errout;
@@ -3453,7 +3450,7 @@ void inet6_rt_notify(int event, struct rt6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info,
 		goto errout;
 
 	err = rt6_fill_node(net, skb, rt, NULL, NULL, 0,
-				event, info->portid, seq, 0, nlm_flags);
+				event, info->portid, seq, nlm_flags);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		/* -EMSGSIZE implies BUG in rt6_nlmsg_size() */
 		WARN_ON(err == -EMSGSIZE);