diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 98565ce0ebcdff78da7c0f0c11737bbb8c2dee59..4688bd4d7f59587eaf12e91a33bdc81379fd32ea 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static u32 *ipv6_cow_metrics(struct dst_entry *dst, unsigned long old)
 	u32 *p = NULL;
 
 	if (!(rt->dst.flags & DST_HOST))
-		return NULL;
+		return dst_cow_metrics_generic(dst, old);
 
 	peer = rt6_get_peer_create(rt);
 	if (peer) {