diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 19ee7375daa9dfa212f91290d86e558fa9b602dc..b706424e70b876a50a55ebade7cfcfe12aabe2af 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ struct fib6_node * fib6_lookup(struct fib6_node *root, struct in6_addr *daddr,
 		}
 	};
 
-	fn = fib6_lookup_1(root, args);
+	fn = fib6_lookup_1(root, daddr ? args : args + 1);
 
 	if (fn == NULL || fn->fn_flags & RTN_TL_ROOT)
 		fn = root;