diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index ae3786132c236b2bcde4f8f3008fceb2d6bc1cdd..6613d8dbb0e5a5c3ba883c957e5bc4ba2bf00777 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -627,7 +627,11 @@ static int inet6_dump_fib(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 			return -ENOENT;
 		}
 
-		res = fib6_dump_table(tb, skb, cb);
+		if (!cb->args[0]) {
+			res = fib6_dump_table(tb, skb, cb);
+			if (!res)
+				cb->args[0] = 1;
+		}
 		goto out;
 	}