diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index e2982b3970b88dfa671c7d7da23bd55154f8988c..8379719d1dcef1bb1ea0b673d3dcf1030380439c 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@ static int __neigh_update(struct neighbour *neigh, const u8 *lladdr,
 			 * we can reinject the packet there.
 			 */
 			n2 = NULL;
-			if (dst) {
+			if (dst && dst->obsolete != DST_OBSOLETE_DEAD) {
 				n2 = dst_neigh_lookup_skb(dst, skb);
 				if (n2)
 					n1 = n2;