diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 93a9adb61ddb158d38678309a837d2524fe05465..d0763bca8c4c853b3e5d921ce557d8b05e13b817 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -4525,6 +4525,7 @@ static int ip6_route_multipath_add(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 		 */
 		cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh->nlmsg_flags &= ~(NLM_F_EXCL |
 						     NLM_F_REPLACE);
+		cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh->nlmsg_flags |= NLM_F_CREATE;
 		nhn++;
 	}