diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index f72100eedd5d76fb59950e798072d04de25d74cd..0b7cd3d009b653c5b4ee3929f48c1594f2a7764f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -295,7 +295,6 @@ static int tcp_v6_connect(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr *uaddr,
 
 late_failure:
 	tcp_set_state(sk, TCP_CLOSE);
-	__sk_dst_reset(sk);
 failure:
 	inet->inet_dport = 0;
 	sk->sk_route_caps = 0;