diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c
index 9e5f70e7122a01330228168b86fdebc58ec8a0c6..8282d14439a35e5c7d11d35a9284e1ffd81dc051 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c
@@ -408,16 +408,15 @@ static int addr6_resolve(struct sockaddr_in6 *src_in,
 	struct flowi6 fl6;
 	struct dst_entry *dst;
 	struct rt6_info *rt;
-	int ret;
 
 	memset(&fl6, 0, sizeof fl6);
 	fl6.daddr = dst_in->sin6_addr;
 	fl6.saddr = src_in->sin6_addr;
 	fl6.flowi6_oif = addr->bound_dev_if;
 
-	ret = ipv6_stub->ipv6_dst_lookup(addr->net, NULL, &dst, &fl6);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+	dst = ipv6_stub->ipv6_dst_lookup_flow(addr->net, NULL, &fl6, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(dst))
+		return PTR_ERR(dst);
 
 	rt = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
 	if (ipv6_addr_any(&src_in->sin6_addr)) {
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
index 8094cbaa54a9e2684bd41ae6774a886919461c46..95cf4fd69c55724901b1fb38f95fb5e4d5abdad3 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
@@ -154,10 +154,12 @@ static struct dst_entry *rxe_find_route6(struct net_device *ndev,
 	memcpy(&fl6.daddr, daddr, sizeof(*daddr));
 	fl6.flowi6_proto = IPPROTO_UDP;
 
-	if (unlikely(ipv6_stub->ipv6_dst_lookup(sock_net(recv_sockets.sk6->sk),
-						recv_sockets.sk6->sk, &ndst, &fl6))) {
+	ndst = ipv6_stub->ipv6_dst_lookup_flow(sock_net(recv_sockets.sk6->sk),
+					       recv_sockets.sk6->sk, &fl6,
+					       NULL);
+	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(ndst))) {
 		pr_err_ratelimited("no route to %pI6\n", daddr);
-		goto put;
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(ndst->error)) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index c8928ce69185f287e3c8a6134229235a5fb013a7..72708263686cfcbe8e805e78398cf91ce829580c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -2219,10 +2219,10 @@ static int mlx5e_route_lookup_ipv6(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	struct mlx5_eswitch *esw = priv->mdev->priv.eswitch;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = ipv6_stub->ipv6_dst_lookup(dev_net(mirred_dev), NULL, &dst,
-					 fl6);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+	dst = ipv6_stub->ipv6_dst_lookup_flow(dev_net(mirred_dev), NULL, fl6,
+					      NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(dst))
+		return PTR_ERR(dst);
 
 	if (!(*out_ttl))
 		*out_ttl = ip6_dst_hoplimit(dst);
diff --git a/drivers/net/geneve.c b/drivers/net/geneve.c
index e1427b56a073a7970d2abc8787e91697b75f4737..1506e913cebb4e4e511e449c0c37bc5985f264b7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/geneve.c
+++ b/drivers/net/geneve.c
@@ -801,7 +801,9 @@ static struct dst_entry *geneve_get_v6_dst(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if (dst)
 			return dst;
 	}
-	if (ipv6_stub->ipv6_dst_lookup(geneve->net, gs6->sock->sk, &dst, fl6)) {
+	dst = ipv6_stub->ipv6_dst_lookup_flow(geneve->net, gs6->sock->sk, fl6,
+					      NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(dst)) {
 		netdev_dbg(dev, "no route to %pI6\n", &fl6->daddr);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENETUNREACH);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index df88981e796a4c355725d3122f075a086e591328..b58897a2e036b755fd18b4c6f8cda137d7b2fa2e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -1963,7 +1963,6 @@ static struct dst_entry *vxlan6_get_route(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
 	bool use_cache = ip_tunnel_dst_cache_usable(skb, info);
 	struct dst_entry *ndst;
 	struct flowi6 fl6;
-	int err;
 
 	if (!sock6)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
@@ -1986,10 +1985,9 @@ static struct dst_entry *vxlan6_get_route(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
 	fl6.fl6_dport = dport;
 	fl6.fl6_sport = sport;
 
-	err = ipv6_stub->ipv6_dst_lookup(vxlan->net,
-					 sock6->sock->sk,
-					 &ndst, &fl6);
-	if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
+	ndst = ipv6_stub->ipv6_dst_lookup_flow(vxlan->net, sock6->sock->sk,
+					       &fl6, NULL);
+	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(ndst))) {
 		netdev_dbg(dev, "no route to %pI6\n", daddr);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENETUNREACH);
 	}
diff --git a/include/net/addrconf.h b/include/net/addrconf.h
index 6def0351bcc3322e1a7cc0467c8eb1def4c98e2c..c8d5bb8b36169c5711c84498268ed565a3a15cdc 100644
--- a/include/net/addrconf.h
+++ b/include/net/addrconf.h
@@ -235,8 +235,10 @@ struct ipv6_stub {
 				 const struct in6_addr *addr);
 	int (*ipv6_sock_mc_drop)(struct sock *sk, int ifindex,
 				 const struct in6_addr *addr);
-	int (*ipv6_dst_lookup)(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
-			       struct dst_entry **dst, struct flowi6 *fl6);
+	struct dst_entry *(*ipv6_dst_lookup_flow)(struct net *net,
+						  const struct sock *sk,
+						  struct flowi6 *fl6,
+						  const struct in6_addr *final_dst);
 
 	struct fib6_table *(*fib6_get_table)(struct net *net, u32 id);
 	struct fib6_info *(*fib6_lookup)(struct net *net, int oif,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf_core.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf_core.c
index 5cd0029d930e2d2cd940cd1c618e5d5b81b952cc..66a1a0eb2ed05f1e9d49e367c168de73812131f1 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf_core.c
@@ -127,11 +127,12 @@ int inet6addr_validator_notifier_call_chain(unsigned long val, void *v)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet6addr_validator_notifier_call_chain);
 
-static int eafnosupport_ipv6_dst_lookup(struct net *net, struct sock *u1,
-					struct dst_entry **u2,
-					struct flowi6 *u3)
+static struct dst_entry *eafnosupport_ipv6_dst_lookup_flow(struct net *net,
+							   const struct sock *sk,
+							   struct flowi6 *fl6,
+							   const struct in6_addr *final_dst)
 {
-	return -EAFNOSUPPORT;
+	return ERR_PTR(-EAFNOSUPPORT);
 }
 
 static struct fib6_table *eafnosupport_fib6_get_table(struct net *net, u32 id)
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ eafnosupport_ip6_mtu_from_fib6(struct fib6_info *f6i, struct in6_addr *daddr,
 }
 
 const struct ipv6_stub *ipv6_stub __read_mostly = &(struct ipv6_stub) {
-	.ipv6_dst_lookup   = eafnosupport_ipv6_dst_lookup,
+	.ipv6_dst_lookup_flow = eafnosupport_ipv6_dst_lookup_flow,
 	.fib6_get_table    = eafnosupport_fib6_get_table,
 	.fib6_table_lookup = eafnosupport_fib6_table_lookup,
 	.fib6_lookup       = eafnosupport_fib6_lookup,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index 5db88be8b6ecb16a52a33c43688a646fd481fb6f..5c2351deedc8f4de7cc2f1632dcc5c4c8f52e9e8 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ static struct pernet_operations inet6_net_ops = {
 static const struct ipv6_stub ipv6_stub_impl = {
 	.ipv6_sock_mc_join = ipv6_sock_mc_join,
 	.ipv6_sock_mc_drop = ipv6_sock_mc_drop,
-	.ipv6_dst_lookup   = ip6_dst_lookup,
+	.ipv6_dst_lookup_flow = ip6_dst_lookup_flow,
 	.fib6_get_table	   = fib6_get_table,
 	.fib6_table_lookup = fib6_table_lookup,
 	.fib6_lookup       = fib6_lookup,
diff --git a/net/mpls/af_mpls.c b/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
index d5a4db5b3fe7bef8591eae46d23e2a67a91e1965..7623d9aec6364386dfbf69e9e3d8ddbc41d55738 100644
--- a/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
+++ b/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
@@ -618,16 +618,15 @@ static struct net_device *inet6_fib_lookup_dev(struct net *net,
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct dst_entry *dst;
 	struct flowi6 fl6;
-	int err;
 
 	if (!ipv6_stub)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EAFNOSUPPORT);
 
 	memset(&fl6, 0, sizeof(fl6));
 	memcpy(&fl6.daddr, addr, sizeof(struct in6_addr));
-	err = ipv6_stub->ipv6_dst_lookup(net, NULL, &dst, &fl6);
-	if (err)
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	dst = ipv6_stub->ipv6_dst_lookup_flow(net, NULL, &fl6, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(dst))
+		return ERR_CAST(dst);
 
 	dev = dst->dev;
 	dev_hold(dev);
diff --git a/net/tipc/udp_media.c b/net/tipc/udp_media.c
index 382c84d9339d627c2068dd097fff1bb236a6a116..1d623547970617136ed6429c3112610dfc7be3ae 100644
--- a/net/tipc/udp_media.c
+++ b/net/tipc/udp_media.c
@@ -189,10 +189,13 @@ static int tipc_udp_xmit(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			.saddr = src->ipv6,
 			.flowi6_proto = IPPROTO_UDP
 		};
-		err = ipv6_stub->ipv6_dst_lookup(net, ub->ubsock->sk, &ndst,
-						 &fl6);
-		if (err)
+		ndst = ipv6_stub->ipv6_dst_lookup_flow(net,
+						       ub->ubsock->sk,
+						       &fl6, NULL);
+		if (IS_ERR(ndst)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(ndst);
 			goto tx_error;
+		}
 		ttl = ip6_dst_hoplimit(ndst);
 		err = udp_tunnel6_xmit_skb(ndst, ub->ubsock->sk, skb, NULL,
 					   &src->ipv6, &dst->ipv6, 0, ttl, 0,