diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 135b70c9a734c4dc211bac0dc71168db24d2ce5b..95bb237152e0467f33b31831be0789151015f693 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -846,7 +846,14 @@ extern struct tcp_congestion_ops tcp_reno;
 
 struct tcp_congestion_ops *tcp_ca_find_key(u32 key);
 u32 tcp_ca_get_key_by_name(const char *name);
+#ifdef CONFIG_INET
 char *tcp_ca_get_name_by_key(u32 key, char *buffer);
+#else
+static inline char *tcp_ca_get_name_by_key(u32 key, char *buffer)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+#endif
 
 static inline bool tcp_ca_needs_ecn(const struct sock *sk)
 {
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
index 9c9b8b4480cd4608d783318b7dbac4c060db210a..d81f22d5b39090aa109edb07c24f51517b7828fa 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -389,6 +389,8 @@ enum {
 #define RTAX_INITRWND RTAX_INITRWND
 	RTAX_QUICKACK,
 #define RTAX_QUICKACK RTAX_QUICKACK
+	RTAX_CC_ALGO,
+#define RTAX_CC_ALGO RTAX_CC_ALGO
 	__RTAX_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index da983d4bac0267d3be1568ad53367a6e6bc0f0ea..6a6cdade167661ee5286adab67083572376a1780 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include <net/arp.h>
 #include <net/route.h>
 #include <net/udp.h>
+#include <net/tcp.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <net/pkt_sched.h>
 #include <net/fib_rules.h>
@@ -669,9 +670,19 @@ int rtnetlink_put_metrics(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 *metrics)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < RTAX_MAX; i++) {
 		if (metrics[i]) {
+			if (i == RTAX_CC_ALGO - 1) {
+				char tmp[TCP_CA_NAME_MAX], *name;
+
+				name = tcp_ca_get_name_by_key(metrics[i], tmp);
+				if (!name)
+					continue;
+				if (nla_put_string(skb, i + 1, name))
+					goto nla_put_failure;
+			} else {
+				if (nla_put_u32(skb, i + 1, metrics[i]))
+					goto nla_put_failure;
+			}
 			valid++;
-			if (nla_put_u32(skb, i+1, metrics[i]))
-				goto nla_put_failure;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_fib.c b/net/decnet/dn_fib.c
index d332aefb0846f86a11d924e3e1e7ad23e279dda2..df48034378889eac83c6b262a76a32028202efb4 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_fib.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_fib.c
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@ struct dn_fib_info *dn_fib_create_info(const struct rtmsg *r, struct nlattr *att
 			int type = nla_type(attr);
 
 			if (type) {
-				if (type > RTAX_MAX || nla_len(attr) < 4)
+				if (type > RTAX_MAX || type == RTAX_CC_ALGO ||
+				    nla_len(attr) < 4)
 					goto err_inval;
 
 				fi->fib_metrics[type-1] = nla_get_u32(attr);
diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_table.c b/net/decnet/dn_table.c
index 86e3807052e9ab4feb56fcf88a06391c18f1472e..3f19fcbf126d0395acc69f2ec51fc7e2ea486c76 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_table.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_table.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/route.h> /* RTF_xxx */
 #include <net/neighbour.h>
 #include <net/netlink.h>
+#include <net/tcp.h>
 #include <net/dst.h>
 #include <net/flow.h>
 #include <net/fib_rules.h>
@@ -273,7 +274,8 @@ static inline size_t dn_fib_nlmsg_size(struct dn_fib_info *fi)
 	size_t payload = NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct rtmsg))
 			 + nla_total_size(4) /* RTA_TABLE */
 			 + nla_total_size(2) /* RTA_DST */
-			 + nla_total_size(4); /* RTA_PRIORITY */
+			 + nla_total_size(4) /* RTA_PRIORITY */
+			 + nla_total_size(TCP_CA_NAME_MAX); /* RTAX_CC_ALGO */
 
 	/* space for nested metrics */
 	payload += nla_total_size((RTAX_MAX * nla_total_size(4)));
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index f99f41bd15b83072d7a67cd452a29ce550e0593e..d2b7b5521b1b5cc44074868f1f032ae8f96ae878 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -360,7 +360,8 @@ static inline size_t fib_nlmsg_size(struct fib_info *fi)
 			 + nla_total_size(4) /* RTA_TABLE */
 			 + nla_total_size(4) /* RTA_DST */
 			 + nla_total_size(4) /* RTA_PRIORITY */
-			 + nla_total_size(4); /* RTA_PREFSRC */
+			 + nla_total_size(4) /* RTA_PREFSRC */
+			 + nla_total_size(TCP_CA_NAME_MAX); /* RTAX_CC_ALGO */
 
 	/* space for nested metrics */
 	payload += nla_total_size((RTAX_MAX * nla_total_size(4)));
@@ -859,7 +860,16 @@ struct fib_info *fib_create_info(struct fib_config *cfg)
 
 				if (type > RTAX_MAX)
 					goto err_inval;
-				val = nla_get_u32(nla);
+				if (type == RTAX_CC_ALGO) {
+					char tmp[TCP_CA_NAME_MAX];
+
+					nla_strlcpy(tmp, nla, sizeof(tmp));
+					val = tcp_ca_get_key_by_name(tmp);
+					if (val == TCP_CA_UNSPEC)
+						goto err_inval;
+				} else {
+					val = nla_get_u32(nla);
+				}
 				if (type == RTAX_ADVMSS && val > 65535 - 40)
 					val = 65535 - 40;
 				if (type == RTAX_MTU && val > 65535 - 15)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 454771d20b214c9a6c3c2c061f3e0826fa9be70e..34dcbb59df7514afd0163e1a737e14aba014b030 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -1488,10 +1488,22 @@ static int ip6_convert_metrics(struct mx6_config *mxc,
 		int type = nla_type(nla);
 
 		if (type) {
+			u32 val;
+
 			if (unlikely(type > RTAX_MAX))
 				goto err;
+			if (type == RTAX_CC_ALGO) {
+				char tmp[TCP_CA_NAME_MAX];
+
+				nla_strlcpy(tmp, nla, sizeof(tmp));
+				val = tcp_ca_get_key_by_name(tmp);
+				if (val == TCP_CA_UNSPEC)
+					goto err;
+			} else {
+				val = nla_get_u32(nla);
+			}
 
-			mp[type - 1] = nla_get_u32(nla);
+			mp[type - 1] = val;
 			__set_bit(type - 1, mxc->mx_valid);
 		}
 	}
@@ -2571,7 +2583,8 @@ static inline size_t rt6_nlmsg_size(void)
 	       + nla_total_size(4) /* RTA_OIF */
 	       + nla_total_size(4) /* RTA_PRIORITY */
 	       + RTAX_MAX * nla_total_size(4) /* RTA_METRICS */
-	       + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct rta_cacheinfo));
+	       + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct rta_cacheinfo))
+	       + nla_total_size(TCP_CA_NAME_MAX); /* RTAX_CC_ALGO */
 }
 
 static int rt6_fill_node(struct net *net,