diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c
index 6f5be780247621b0e4a406894698f25ffbc42216..39dc7be56884ab35b961c757c5235317dac89ea6 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c
@@ -1078,18 +1078,31 @@ static inline bool cma_any_addr(const struct sockaddr *addr)
 	return cma_zero_addr(addr) || cma_loopback_addr(addr);
 }
 
-static int cma_addr_cmp(struct sockaddr *src, struct sockaddr *dst)
+static int cma_addr_cmp(const struct sockaddr *src, const struct sockaddr *dst)
 {
 	if (src->sa_family != dst->sa_family)
 		return -1;
 
 	switch (src->sa_family) {
 	case AF_INET:
-		return ((struct sockaddr_in *) src)->sin_addr.s_addr !=
-		       ((struct sockaddr_in *) dst)->sin_addr.s_addr;
-	case AF_INET6:
-		return ipv6_addr_cmp(&((struct sockaddr_in6 *) src)->sin6_addr,
-				     &((struct sockaddr_in6 *) dst)->sin6_addr);
+		return ((struct sockaddr_in *)src)->sin_addr.s_addr !=
+		       ((struct sockaddr_in *)dst)->sin_addr.s_addr;
+	case AF_INET6: {
+		struct sockaddr_in6 *src_addr6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)src;
+		struct sockaddr_in6 *dst_addr6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)dst;
+		bool link_local;
+
+		if (ipv6_addr_cmp(&src_addr6->sin6_addr,
+					  &dst_addr6->sin6_addr))
+			return 1;
+		link_local = ipv6_addr_type(&dst_addr6->sin6_addr) &
+			     IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL;
+		/* Link local must match their scope_ids */
+		return link_local ? (src_addr6->sin6_scope_id !=
+				     dst_addr6->sin6_scope_id) :
+				    0;
+	}
+
 	default:
 		return ib_addr_cmp(&((struct sockaddr_ib *) src)->sib_addr,
 				   &((struct sockaddr_ib *) dst)->sib_addr);