diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 1b00bfef268e12bc725382394deb0c06dea67946..a9913d23f7c7d6eaf3a118d2f7f7041c1bea5dc0 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -4047,7 +4047,8 @@ static void __ipv6_ifa_notify(int event, struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
 			addrconf_leave_anycast(ifp);
 		addrconf_leave_solict(ifp->idev, &ifp->addr);
 		dst_hold(&ifp->rt->u.dst);
-		if (ip6_del_rt(ifp->rt))
+
+		if (ifp->dead && ip6_del_rt(ifp->rt))
 			dst_free(&ifp->rt->u.dst);
 		break;
 	}