diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 719a828fb67f53b5057ecff269099c81ae8e95e8..480e68422efb3c0f3ff7267ac89b8fe2b0d42fee 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -788,10 +788,16 @@ static void ipv6_del_addr(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
 		struct in6_addr prefix;
 		struct rt6_info *rt;
 		struct net *net = dev_net(ifp->idev->dev);
+		struct flowi6 fl6 = {};
+
 		ipv6_addr_prefix(&prefix, &ifp->addr, ifp->prefix_len);
-		rt = rt6_lookup(net, &prefix, NULL, ifp->idev->dev->ifindex, 1);
+		fl6.flowi6_oif = ifp->idev->dev->ifindex;
+		fl6.daddr = prefix;
+		rt = (struct rt6_info *)ip6_route_lookup(net, &fl6,
+							 RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE);
 
-		if (rt && addrconf_is_prefix_route(rt)) {
+		if (rt != net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry &&
+		    addrconf_is_prefix_route(rt)) {
 			if (onlink == 0) {
 				ip6_del_rt(rt);
 				rt = NULL;