diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index e4ba974f143c5dab196bf8671b64be5b155d55cf..fd9ecb52c66bf8815c09e678c452017e9a7e2122 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -2028,7 +2028,6 @@ struct rtable *__ip_route_output_key(struct net *net, struct flowi4 *fl4)
 		}
 		dev_out = net->loopback_dev;
 		fl4->flowi4_oif = dev_out->ifindex;
-		res.fi = NULL;
 		flags |= RTCF_LOCAL;
 		goto make_route;
 	}