diff --git a/net/rose/rose_route.c b/net/rose/rose_route.c
index 77e9f85a2c92c81726289c1a31d12d3320cdda6a..f2ff21d7df0815c0a8401a4ef8b0c1ad45a26a60 100644
--- a/net/rose/rose_route.c
+++ b/net/rose/rose_route.c
@@ -850,6 +850,7 @@ void rose_link_device_down(struct net_device *dev)
 
 /*
  *	Route a frame to an appropriate AX.25 connection.
+ *	A NULL ax25_cb indicates an internally generated frame.
  */
 int rose_route_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, ax25_cb *ax25)
 {
@@ -867,6 +868,10 @@ int rose_route_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, ax25_cb *ax25)
 
 	if (skb->len < ROSE_MIN_LEN)
 		return res;
+
+	if (!ax25)
+		return rose_loopback_queue(skb, NULL);
+
 	frametype = skb->data[2];
 	lci = ((skb->data[0] << 8) & 0xF00) + ((skb->data[1] << 0) & 0x0FF);
 	if (frametype == ROSE_CALL_REQUEST &&