diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index 958e185a8e8d1a1530e4e7e52176df85e0abc4dc..dae743b649c1d1dc1e9d6aafbd54682495c162b6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -700,6 +700,10 @@ static int rtm_to_fib_config(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		case RTA_GATEWAY:
 			cfg->fc_gw = nla_get_be32(attr);
 			break;
+		case RTA_VIA:
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "IPv4 does not support RTA_VIA attribute");
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto errout;
 		case RTA_PRIORITY:
 			cfg->fc_priority = nla_get_u32(attr);
 			break;