diff --git a/include/net/ip.h b/include/net/ip.h
index e44b1a44f67ad447528f1c59f05915157e016154..bf2209f861afbb2611e855e18bb54e8429b4263d 100644
--- a/include/net/ip.h
+++ b/include/net/ip.h
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ extern int sysctl_icmp_msgs_burst;
 int ip_misc_proc_init(void);
 #endif
 
-int rtm_getroute_parse_ip_proto(struct nlattr *attr, u8 *ip_proto,
+int rtm_getroute_parse_ip_proto(struct nlattr *attr, u8 *ip_proto, u8 family,
 				struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
 
 #endif	/* _IP_H */
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netlink.c b/net/ipv4/netlink.c
index f86bb4f066095a16a0d951a4103c7cd5cee6f683..d8e3a1fb8e8267a12cd484263403d6c7b27e3010 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netlink.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netlink.c
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 #include <net/netlink.h>
+#include <linux/in6.h>
 #include <net/ip.h>
 
-int rtm_getroute_parse_ip_proto(struct nlattr *attr, u8 *ip_proto,
+int rtm_getroute_parse_ip_proto(struct nlattr *attr, u8 *ip_proto, u8 family,
 				struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	*ip_proto = nla_get_u8(attr);
@@ -13,11 +14,19 @@ int rtm_getroute_parse_ip_proto(struct nlattr *attr, u8 *ip_proto,
 	switch (*ip_proto) {
 	case IPPROTO_TCP:
 	case IPPROTO_UDP:
+		return 0;
 	case IPPROTO_ICMP:
+		if (family != AF_INET)
+			break;
+		return 0;
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+	case IPPROTO_ICMPV6:
+		if (family != AF_INET6)
+			break;
 		return 0;
-	default:
-		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Unsupported ip proto");
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+#endif
 	}
+	NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Unsupported ip proto");
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtm_getroute_parse_ip_proto);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 436b46c0e687f76448ca4e4d1fdfa9ae6792ce04..ca87bb6784e5dc719f7dc79061bf5885b2571fe2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -2814,7 +2814,7 @@ static int inet_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 
 	if (tb[RTA_IP_PROTO]) {
 		err = rtm_getroute_parse_ip_proto(tb[RTA_IP_PROTO],
-						  &ip_proto, extack);
+						  &ip_proto, AF_INET, extack);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 08c4516ae4a4df36630ab01f48b6b68ebb9e0daa..cf4a8c25458f0a1cef5744b98626a59330804fca 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -4907,7 +4907,8 @@ static int inet6_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 
 	if (tb[RTA_IP_PROTO]) {
 		err = rtm_getroute_parse_ip_proto(tb[RTA_IP_PROTO],
-						  &fl6.flowi6_proto, extack);
+						  &fl6.flowi6_proto, AF_INET6,
+						  extack);
 		if (err)
 			goto errout;
 	}