diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index ff434821909f12f26a6d142d3c3ae843580deed3..cc9423de7311fcac8845b38a055b6ea008b22ec7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -2741,7 +2741,10 @@ int inet_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
 	/* Reserve room for dummy headers, this skb can pass
 	   through good chunk of routing engine.
 	 */
-	skb->mac.raw = skb->data;
+	skb->mac.raw = skb->nh.raw = skb->data;
+
+	/* Bugfix: need to give ip_route_input enough of an IP header to not gag. */
+	skb->nh.iph->protocol = IPPROTO_ICMP;
 	skb_reserve(skb, MAX_HEADER + sizeof(struct iphdr));
 
 	if (rta[RTA_SRC - 1])