diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
index 580e5e084962a848f342eeb2f4606cc9973d3b2e..26dcdec9e3a5f6cbbe799402c39bb5d09c9d561d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
@@ -2251,7 +2251,7 @@ static int ip6mr_fill_mroute(struct mr6_table *mrt, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
 	rtm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
-	rtm->rtm_family   = RTNL_FAMILY_IPMR;
+	rtm->rtm_family   = RTNL_FAMILY_IP6MR;
 	rtm->rtm_dst_len  = 128;
 	rtm->rtm_src_len  = 128;
 	rtm->rtm_tos      = 0;