diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 6754c64b2fe000c3f1112e81e382b515f406653e..d4c6732cfbfa62aa0810729705b791d3de5b88fb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -438,13 +438,15 @@ static int fib_detect_death(struct fib_info *fi, int order,
 	if (n) {
 		state = n->nud_state;
 		neigh_release(n);
+	} else {
+		return 0;
 	}
 	if (state == NUD_REACHABLE)
 		return 0;
 	if ((state & NUD_VALID) && order != dflt)
 		return 0;
 	if ((state & NUD_VALID) ||
-	    (*last_idx < 0 && order > dflt)) {
+	    (*last_idx < 0 && order > dflt && state != NUD_INCOMPLETE)) {
 		*last_resort = fi;
 		*last_idx = order;
 	}