diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 96455ffb76fb8b92aa90c3a711aa6635d45b91fa..7659d6f16e6bae4b7e8a1701161181f627c0e41f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -1565,11 +1565,16 @@ static void rt6_do_pmtu_disc(struct in6_addr *daddr, struct in6_addr *saddr,
 {
 	struct rt6_info *rt, *nrt;
 	int allfrag = 0;
-
+again:
 	rt = rt6_lookup(net, daddr, saddr, ifindex, 0);
 	if (rt == NULL)
 		return;
 
+	if (rt6_check_expired(rt)) {
+		ip6_del_rt(rt);
+		goto again;
+	}
+
 	if (pmtu >= dst_mtu(&rt->dst))
 		goto out;