diff --git a/include/linux/ipv6.h b/include/linux/ipv6.h
index cb18c6290ca87290996e636f3eda14eb03d26316..8415bf1a9776245b810c8f92fa16c98eb038a45f 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipv6.h
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ struct ipv6_pinfo {
 						 * 100: prefer care-of address
 						 */
 				dontfrag:1,
-				autoflowlabel:1;
+				autoflowlabel:1,
+				autoflowlabel_set:1;
 	__u8			min_hopcount;
 	__u8			tclass;
 	__be32			rcv_flowinfo;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index c26f71234b9c01a82ec9d40423ee28957468ed46..c9441ca4539936486291147a47a84ef1b2ecf095 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ static int inet6_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
 	np->mcast_hops	= IPV6_DEFAULT_MCASTHOPS;
 	np->mc_loop	= 1;
 	np->pmtudisc	= IPV6_PMTUDISC_WANT;
-	np->autoflowlabel = ip6_default_np_autolabel(net);
 	np->repflow	= net->ipv6.sysctl.flowlabel_reflect;
 	sk->sk_ipv6only	= net->ipv6.sysctl.bindv6only;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 5110a418cc4d0c1040506394460cb482698d8c15..f7dd51c4231415fd1321fd431194d896ea2d1689 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -166,6 +166,14 @@ int ip6_output(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			    !(IP6CB(skb)->flags & IP6SKB_REROUTED));
 }
 
+static bool ip6_autoflowlabel(struct net *net, const struct ipv6_pinfo *np)
+{
+	if (!np->autoflowlabel_set)
+		return ip6_default_np_autolabel(net);
+	else
+		return np->autoflowlabel;
+}
+
 /*
  * xmit an sk_buff (used by TCP, SCTP and DCCP)
  * Note : socket lock is not held for SYNACK packets, but might be modified
@@ -230,7 +238,7 @@ int ip6_xmit(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6,
 		hlimit = ip6_dst_hoplimit(dst);
 
 	ip6_flow_hdr(hdr, tclass, ip6_make_flowlabel(net, skb, fl6->flowlabel,
-						     np->autoflowlabel, fl6));
+				ip6_autoflowlabel(net, np), fl6));
 
 	hdr->payload_len = htons(seg_len);
 	hdr->nexthdr = proto;
@@ -1626,7 +1634,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__ip6_make_skb(struct sock *sk,
 
 	ip6_flow_hdr(hdr, v6_cork->tclass,
 		     ip6_make_flowlabel(net, skb, fl6->flowlabel,
-					np->autoflowlabel, fl6));
+					ip6_autoflowlabel(net, np), fl6));
 	hdr->hop_limit = v6_cork->hop_limit;
 	hdr->nexthdr = proto;
 	hdr->saddr = fl6->saddr;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
index b9404feabd7857fe0873fbc4f346d281f3600807..2d4680e0376f41deee6c999eadaf9409353e0b4a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
@@ -886,6 +886,7 @@ static int do_ipv6_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 		break;
 	case IPV6_AUTOFLOWLABEL:
 		np->autoflowlabel = valbool;
+		np->autoflowlabel_set = 1;
 		retv = 0;
 		break;
 	case IPV6_RECVFRAGSIZE: