diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 2a7423c394560c0bc70d6f0398781a0b35fa9fa0..14b422f35504f3b4892926b162041e6fd9ef480d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2232,8 +2232,7 @@ static void ip6_link_failure(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (rt) {
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE) {
-			if (dst_hold_safe(&rt->dst))
-				rt6_remove_exception_rt(rt);
+			rt6_remove_exception_rt(rt);
 		} else {
 			struct fib6_info *from;
 			struct fib6_node *fn;
@@ -3214,8 +3213,8 @@ static int ip6_del_cached_rt(struct rt6_info *rt, struct fib6_config *cfg)
 	if (cfg->fc_flags & RTF_GATEWAY &&
 	    !ipv6_addr_equal(&cfg->fc_gateway, &rt->rt6i_gateway))
 		goto out;
-	if (dst_hold_safe(&rt->dst))
-		rc = rt6_remove_exception_rt(rt);
+
+	rc = rt6_remove_exception_rt(rt);
 out:
 	return rc;
 }