diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
index a93ae3a90ff0a10d8ceb7d438d7bc66e3e1aa097..3fbbadc5eb47631e7a503207f97405cb80208904 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static void prepare_ipv6_hdr(struct dst_entry *dst, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	memset(&(IPCB(skb)->opt), 0, sizeof(IPCB(skb)->opt));
 	IPCB(skb)->flags &= ~(IPSKB_XFRM_TUNNEL_SIZE | IPSKB_XFRM_TRANSFORMED
 			    | IPSKB_REROUTED);
-	skb_dst_set(skb, dst);
+	skb_dst_set(skb, dst_clone(dst));
 
 	__skb_push(skb, sizeof(*ip6h));
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);