diff --git a/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c
index 19dceef4fcca60e3b5a2eeb1a62398fd0e403f16..3516e6fe2e560894ae87ee06f4040f52e18069d6 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c
@@ -168,8 +168,7 @@ struct dst_entry *__inet6_csk_dst_check(struct sock *sk, u32 cookie)
 	if (dst) {
 		struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
 		if (rt->rt6i_flow_cache_genid != atomic_read(&flow_cache_genid)) {
-			sk->sk_dst_cache = NULL;
-			dst_release(dst);
+			__sk_dst_reset(sk);
 			dst = NULL;
 		}
 	}