diff --git a/include/linux/mroute6.h b/include/linux/mroute6.h
index 1ac38e6819f5408cafe44b5f925586ad9c587ad3..c4a45859f586d485ffd581eaca15ad55f217b10c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mroute6.h
+++ b/include/linux/mroute6.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/mroute6.h>
 #include <linux/mroute_base.h>
+#include <net/fib_rules.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MROUTE
 static inline int ip6_mroute_opt(int opt)
@@ -63,6 +64,15 @@ static inline void ip6_mr_cleanup(void)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MROUTE_MULTIPLE_TABLES
+bool ip6mr_rule_default(const struct fib_rule *rule);
+#else
+static inline bool ip6mr_rule_default(const struct fib_rule *rule)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+#endif
+
 #define VIFF_STATIC 0x8000
 
 struct mfc6_cache_cmp_arg {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
index 0be2f333e168c8f09e432f2fa12095c1a24ca688..a187c523a95fde68775ec9d7a0f092fd6383e51b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
@@ -268,6 +268,13 @@ static unsigned int ip6mr_rules_seq_read(struct net *net)
 {
 	return fib_rules_seq_read(net, RTNL_FAMILY_IP6MR);
 }
+
+bool ip6mr_rule_default(const struct fib_rule *rule)
+{
+	return fib_rule_matchall(rule) && rule->action == FR_ACT_TO_TBL &&
+	       rule->table == RT6_TABLE_DFLT && !rule->l3mdev;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip6mr_rule_default);
 #else
 #define ip6mr_for_each_table(mrt, net) \
 	for (mrt = net->ipv6.mrt6; mrt; mrt = NULL)