diff --git a/include/net/route.h b/include/net/route.h
index e3e5436f8017929aeba0d271b7748d13c8a365b6..9c04f15090d2b6b6e75060ab56dfb69047ea5db7 100644
--- a/include/net/route.h
+++ b/include/net/route.h
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ static inline int ip_route_connect(struct rtable **rp, u32 dst,
 	return ip_route_output_flow(rp, &fl, sk, 0);
 }
 
-static inline int ip_route_newports(struct rtable **rp, u16 sport, u16 dport,
-				    struct sock *sk)
+static inline int ip_route_newports(struct rtable **rp, u8 protocol,
+				    u16 sport, u16 dport, struct sock *sk)
 {
 	if (sport != (*rp)->fl.fl_ip_sport ||
 	    dport != (*rp)->fl.fl_ip_dport) {
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ static inline int ip_route_newports(struct rtable **rp, u16 sport, u16 dport,
 		memcpy(&fl, &(*rp)->fl, sizeof(fl));
 		fl.fl_ip_sport = sport;
 		fl.fl_ip_dport = dport;
+		fl.proto = protocol;
 		ip_rt_put(*rp);
 		*rp = NULL;
 		return ip_route_output_flow(rp, &fl, sk, 0);
diff --git a/net/dccp/ipv4.c b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
index 00f983226672a6c70aca4a67368cceae2d7a118b..dc0487b5bacec375dda26bbdc4515b5a5cedc621 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ipv4.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ int dccp_v4_connect(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
 	if (err != 0)
 		goto failure;
 
-	err = ip_route_newports(&rt, inet->sport, inet->dport, sk);
+	err = ip_route_newports(&rt, IPPROTO_DCCP, inet->sport, inet->dport,
+	                        sk);
 	if (err != 0)
 		goto failure;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 6ea353907af5757de1abc84e6b87274afa4d26fe..1ac35a65b2e5e211fa202853c13e8c18301cdf41 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ int tcp_v4_connect(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
 	if (err)
 		goto failure;
 
-	err = ip_route_newports(&rt, inet->sport, inet->dport, sk);
+	err = ip_route_newports(&rt, IPPROTO_TCP, inet->sport, inet->dport, sk);
 	if (err)
 		goto failure;