diff --git a/drivers/net/vrf.c b/drivers/net/vrf.c
index 239c78c53e58f04b5cd0f0cc08ae639eb9e4bd2f..951a4b42cb29d933b969248c4bc6676b7446e46a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vrf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vrf.c
@@ -1174,6 +1174,7 @@ static int vrf_fib_rule(const struct net_device *dev, __u8 family, bool add_it)
 	memset(frh, 0, sizeof(*frh));
 	frh->family = family;
 	frh->action = FR_ACT_TO_TBL;
+	frh->proto = RTPROT_KERNEL;
 
 	if (nla_put_u8(skb, FRA_L3MDEV, 1))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
diff --git a/include/net/fib_rules.h b/include/net/fib_rules.h
index 648caf90ec07a3c001415489cb25c8624d729900..b166ef07e6d4fbed02a234d77432f8657226b0aa 100644
--- a/include/net/fib_rules.h
+++ b/include/net/fib_rules.h
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ struct fib_rule {
 	u32			table;
 	u8			action;
 	u8			l3mdev;
-	/* 2 bytes hole, try to use */
+	u8                      proto;
+	/* 1 byte hole, try to use */
 	u32			target;
 	__be64			tun_id;
 	struct fib_rule __rcu	*ctarget;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fib_rules.h b/include/uapi/linux/fib_rules.h
index 2b642bf9b5a0ab492c06a4c82392200834059cd1..925539172d5b0da2c7da1ee8039748ebe6322704 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fib_rules.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fib_rules.h
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ struct fib_rule_hdr {
 	__u8		tos;
 
 	__u8		table;
+	__u8		proto;
 	__u8		res1;	/* reserved */
-	__u8		res2;	/* reserved */
 	__u8		action;
 
 	__u32		flags;
diff --git a/net/core/fib_rules.c b/net/core/fib_rules.c
index cb071b8e8d17bbfe7b68132462b937629cc2115b..88298f18cbaecbbfd0f9c610a37cf2a922d21b12 100644
--- a/net/core/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/core/fib_rules.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ int fib_default_rule_add(struct fib_rules_ops *ops,
 	r->pref = pref;
 	r->table = table;
 	r->flags = flags;
+	r->proto = RTPROT_KERNEL;
 	r->fr_net = ops->fro_net;
 	r->uid_range = fib_kuid_range_unset;
 
@@ -465,6 +466,7 @@ int fib_nl_newrule(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	}
 	refcount_set(&rule->refcnt, 1);
 	rule->fr_net = net;
+	rule->proto = frh->proto;
 
 	rule->pref = tb[FRA_PRIORITY] ? nla_get_u32(tb[FRA_PRIORITY])
 	                              : fib_default_rule_pref(ops);
@@ -664,6 +666,9 @@ int fib_nl_delrule(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	}
 
 	list_for_each_entry(rule, &ops->rules_list, list) {
+		if (frh->proto && (frh->proto != rule->proto))
+			continue;
+
 		if (frh->action && (frh->action != rule->action))
 			continue;
 
@@ -808,9 +813,9 @@ static int fib_nl_fill_rule(struct sk_buff *skb, struct fib_rule *rule,
 	if (nla_put_u32(skb, FRA_SUPPRESS_PREFIXLEN, rule->suppress_prefixlen))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	frh->res1 = 0;
-	frh->res2 = 0;
 	frh->action = rule->action;
 	frh->flags = rule->flags;
+	frh->proto = rule->proto;
 
 	if (rule->action == FR_ACT_GOTO &&
 	    rcu_access_pointer(rule->ctarget) == NULL)