diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 9eb61c7cae5783574efbf4d3d293221b26d9c9ac..31938e5fb2206be53a0945cc39b2737d2018b214 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1520,6 +1520,8 @@ static int addrconf_ifid_infiniband(u8 *eui, struct net_device *dev)
 
 int __ipv6_isatap_ifid(u8 *eui, __be32 addr)
 {
+	if (addr == 0)
+		return -1;
 	eui[0] = (ipv4_is_zeronet(addr) || ipv4_is_private_10(addr) ||
 		  ipv4_is_loopback(addr) || ipv4_is_linklocal_169(addr) ||
 		  ipv4_is_private_172(addr) || ipv4_is_test_192(addr) ||