diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 0fcac8e7a2b2fb9fdb9f74bdcadf32bd177ceb39..709ffe67d1de1609be7d3e4a98d9314b01e5f265 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -2472,7 +2472,7 @@ static int rt_fill_info(struct net *net,  __be32 dst, __be32 src, u32 table_id,
 	r->rtm_dst_len	= 32;
 	r->rtm_src_len	= 0;
 	r->rtm_tos	= fl4->flowi4_tos;
-	r->rtm_table	= table_id;
+	r->rtm_table	= table_id < 256 ? table_id : RT_TABLE_COMPAT;
 	if (nla_put_u32(skb, RTA_TABLE, table_id))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	r->rtm_type	= rt->rt_type;