diff --git a/include/net/ip_fib.h b/include/net/ip_fib.h
index c5969762a8f44b18b27d1776752331768743bf2f..9c8214d2116d3caacf54853d00fd97ee7557db00 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_fib.h
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ int fib_table_delete(struct net *, struct fib_table *, struct fib_config *,
 		     struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
 int fib_table_dump(struct fib_table *table, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		   struct netlink_callback *cb, struct fib_dump_filter *filter);
-int fib_table_flush(struct net *net, struct fib_table *table);
+int fib_table_flush(struct net *net, struct fib_table *table, bool flush_all);
 struct fib_table *fib_trie_unmerge(struct fib_table *main_tb);
 void fib_table_flush_external(struct fib_table *table);
 void fib_free_table(struct fib_table *tb);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index 6df95be963116ced81f70e5fb51bfe6114e8965a..fe4f6a62423834a79705e0c01cd1329d9da4f836 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static void fib_flush(struct net *net)
 		struct fib_table *tb;
 
 		hlist_for_each_entry_safe(tb, tmp, head, tb_hlist)
-			flushed += fib_table_flush(net, tb);
+			flushed += fib_table_flush(net, tb, false);
 	}
 
 	if (flushed)
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ static void ip_fib_net_exit(struct net *net)
 
 		hlist_for_each_entry_safe(tb, tmp, head, tb_hlist) {
 			hlist_del(&tb->tb_hlist);
-			fib_table_flush(net, tb);
+			fib_table_flush(net, tb, true);
 			fib_free_table(tb);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
index 237c9f72b2658ce6c622af1bbdbb4792da12ade1..a573e37e0615b1b1b5093ae3ada97f07c44f27cb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
@@ -1856,7 +1856,7 @@ void fib_table_flush_external(struct fib_table *tb)
 }
 
 /* Caller must hold RTNL. */
-int fib_table_flush(struct net *net, struct fib_table *tb)
+int fib_table_flush(struct net *net, struct fib_table *tb, bool flush_all)
 {
 	struct trie *t = (struct trie *)tb->tb_data;
 	struct key_vector *pn = t->kv;
@@ -1904,8 +1904,17 @@ int fib_table_flush(struct net *net, struct fib_table *tb)
 		hlist_for_each_entry_safe(fa, tmp, &n->leaf, fa_list) {
 			struct fib_info *fi = fa->fa_info;
 
-			if (!fi || !(fi->fib_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD) ||
-			    tb->tb_id != fa->tb_id) {
+			if (!fi || tb->tb_id != fa->tb_id ||
+			    (!(fi->fib_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD) &&
+			     !fib_props[fa->fa_type].error)) {
+				slen = fa->fa_slen;
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			/* Do not flush error routes if network namespace is
+			 * not being dismantled
+			 */
+			if (!flush_all && fib_props[fa->fa_type].error) {
 				slen = fa->fa_slen;
 				continue;
 			}