diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index c00156805bf08bbb6cee37b18a397011a7745df5..f62d24948aa25427b17bba8b463891a2948ae2b5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -4049,6 +4049,9 @@ static size_t rt6_nlmsg_size(struct rt6_info *rt)
 static int rt6_nexthop_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct rt6_info *rt,
 			    unsigned int *flags, bool skip_oif)
 {
+	if (rt->rt6i_nh_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
+		*flags |= RTNH_F_DEAD;
+
 	if (rt->rt6i_nh_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN) {
 		*flags |= RTNH_F_LINKDOWN;
 		if (rt->rt6i_idev->cnf.ignore_routes_with_linkdown)