diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index 0fedbd8d747a049db1810fdc325b032d62782b1b..9fc7114159e885031550abedebf67c74f08bde76 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -111,9 +111,8 @@ struct rt6_info {
 	struct inet6_dev		*rt6i_idev;
 	unsigned long			_rt6i_peer;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_XFRM
-	u32				rt6i_flow_cache_genid;
-#endif
+	u32				rt6i_genid;
+
 	/* more non-fragment space at head required */
 	unsigned short			rt6i_nfheader_len;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c
index 0251a6005be8ff8d35cffe7fb0e2611b43296158..c4f934176cabd92ebfb4bba774335427b9f8932a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/inet6_connection_sock.c
@@ -175,33 +175,12 @@ void __inet6_csk_dst_store(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
 			   const struct in6_addr *saddr)
 {
 	__ip6_dst_store(sk, dst, daddr, saddr);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_XFRM
-	{
-		struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info  *)dst;
-		rt->rt6i_flow_cache_genid = atomic_read(&flow_cache_genid);
-	}
-#endif
 }
 
 static inline
 struct dst_entry *__inet6_csk_dst_check(struct sock *sk, u32 cookie)
 {
-	struct dst_entry *dst;
-
-	dst = __sk_dst_check(sk, cookie);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_XFRM
-	if (dst) {
-		struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
-		if (rt->rt6i_flow_cache_genid != atomic_read(&flow_cache_genid)) {
-			__sk_dst_reset(sk);
-			dst = NULL;
-		}
-	}
-#endif
-
-	return dst;
+	return __sk_dst_check(sk, cookie);
 }
 
 static struct dst_entry *inet6_csk_route_socket(struct sock *sk,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 8e80fd279100d7d18d111eff1be73f10fdd6eeaf..fb29e2215a19db8c8382d07af00afec47017e1fa 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -281,13 +281,14 @@ static inline struct rt6_info *ip6_dst_alloc(struct net *net,
 					     struct fib6_table *table)
 {
 	struct rt6_info *rt = dst_alloc(&net->ipv6.ip6_dst_ops, dev,
-					0, DST_OBSOLETE_NONE, flags);
+					0, DST_OBSOLETE_FORCE_CHK, flags);
 
 	if (rt) {
 		struct dst_entry *dst = &rt->dst;
 
 		memset(dst + 1, 0, sizeof(*rt) - sizeof(*dst));
 		rt6_init_peer(rt, table ? &table->tb6_peers : net->ipv6.peers);
+		rt->rt6i_genid = rt_genid(net);
 	}
 	return rt;
 }
@@ -1031,6 +1032,13 @@ static struct dst_entry *ip6_dst_check(struct dst_entry *dst, u32 cookie)
 
 	rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
 
+	/* All IPV6 dsts are created with ->obsolete set to the value
+	 * DST_OBSOLETE_FORCE_CHK which forces validation calls down
+	 * into this function always.
+	 */
+	if (rt->rt6i_genid != rt_genid(dev_net(rt->dst.dev)))
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (rt->rt6i_node && (rt->rt6i_node->fn_sernum == cookie)) {
 		if (rt->rt6i_peer_genid != rt6_peer_genid()) {
 			if (!rt6_has_peer(rt))
@@ -1397,8 +1405,6 @@ int ip6_route_add(struct fib6_config *cfg)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	rt->dst.obsolete = -1;
-
 	if (cfg->fc_flags & RTF_EXPIRES)
 		rt6_set_expires(rt, jiffies +
 				clock_t_to_jiffies(cfg->fc_expires));
@@ -2080,7 +2086,6 @@ struct rt6_info *addrconf_dst_alloc(struct inet6_dev *idev,
 	rt->dst.input = ip6_input;
 	rt->dst.output = ip6_output;
 	rt->rt6i_idev = idev;
-	rt->dst.obsolete = -1;
 
 	rt->rt6i_flags = RTF_UP | RTF_NONEXTHOP;
 	if (anycast)