diff --git a/include/net/ip6_route.h b/include/net/ip6_route.h
index 877f682989b892fb1d70256bda6b33f03e34a0f5..295d291269e2c88ed4930041597a28f7c9a7a2f7 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_route.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_route.h
@@ -64,8 +64,16 @@ static inline bool rt6_need_strict(const struct in6_addr *daddr)
 
 void ip6_route_input(struct sk_buff *skb);
 
-struct dst_entry *ip6_route_output(struct net *net, const struct sock *sk,
-				   struct flowi6 *fl6);
+struct dst_entry *ip6_route_output_flags(struct net *net, const struct sock *sk,
+					 struct flowi6 *fl6, int flags);
+
+static inline struct dst_entry *ip6_route_output(struct net *net,
+						 const struct sock *sk,
+						 struct flowi6 *fl6)
+{
+	return ip6_route_output_flags(net, sk, fl6, 0);
+}
+
 struct dst_entry *ip6_route_lookup(struct net *net, struct flowi6 *fl6,
 				   int flags);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 23de98f976d5b7c846e42e9260acbac3b1632c17..a163102f1803e5f9eb4a60c501bd4adcc27bd62b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -909,6 +909,7 @@ static int ip6_dst_lookup_tail(struct net *net, const struct sock *sk,
 	struct rt6_info *rt;
 #endif
 	int err;
+	int flags = 0;
 
 	/* The correct way to handle this would be to do
 	 * ip6_route_get_saddr, and then ip6_route_output; however,
@@ -940,10 +941,13 @@ static int ip6_dst_lookup_tail(struct net *net, const struct sock *sk,
 			dst_release(*dst);
 			*dst = NULL;
 		}
+
+		if (fl6->flowi6_oif)
+			flags |= RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE;
 	}
 
 	if (!*dst)
-		*dst = ip6_route_output(net, sk, fl6);
+		*dst = ip6_route_output_flags(net, sk, fl6, flags);
 
 	err = (*dst)->error;
 	if (err)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 3c8834bc822d2b64b8d7f4b33a9042dd279c584a..ed446639219c3ae8832a19a1f944e4dd6ddc6302 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -1183,11 +1183,10 @@ static struct rt6_info *ip6_pol_route_output(struct net *net, struct fib6_table
 	return ip6_pol_route(net, table, fl6->flowi6_oif, fl6, flags);
 }
 
-struct dst_entry *ip6_route_output(struct net *net, const struct sock *sk,
-				    struct flowi6 *fl6)
+struct dst_entry *ip6_route_output_flags(struct net *net, const struct sock *sk,
+					 struct flowi6 *fl6, int flags)
 {
 	struct dst_entry *dst;
-	int flags = 0;
 	bool any_src;
 
 	dst = l3mdev_rt6_dst_by_oif(net, fl6);
@@ -1208,7 +1207,7 @@ struct dst_entry *ip6_route_output(struct net *net, const struct sock *sk,
 
 	return fib6_rule_lookup(net, fl6, flags, ip6_pol_route_output);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip6_route_output);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip6_route_output_flags);
 
 struct dst_entry *ip6_blackhole_route(struct net *net, struct dst_entry *dst_orig)
 {