diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 192dd1a0e188..5fc9c7a68d8d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -632,6 +632,12 @@ insert_above:
 	return ln;
 }
 
+static inline bool rt6_qualify_for_ecmp(struct rt6_info *rt)
+{
+	return (rt->rt6i_flags & (RTF_GATEWAY|RTF_ADDRCONF|RTF_DYNAMIC)) ==
+	       RTF_GATEWAY;
+}
+
 /*
  *	Insert routing information in a node.
  */
@@ -646,6 +652,7 @@ static int fib6_add_rt2node(struct fib6_node *fn, struct rt6_info *rt,
 	int add = (!info->nlh ||
 		   (info->nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_CREATE));
 	int found = 0;
+	bool rt_can_ecmp = rt6_qualify_for_ecmp(rt);
 
 	ins = &fn->leaf;
 
@@ -691,9 +698,8 @@ static int fib6_add_rt2node(struct fib6_node *fn, struct rt6_info *rt,
 			 * To avoid long list, we only had siblings if the
 			 * route have a gateway.
 			 */
-			if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_GATEWAY &&
-			    !(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES) &&
-			    !(iter->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES))
+			if (rt_can_ecmp &&
+			    rt6_qualify_for_ecmp(iter))
 				rt->rt6i_nsiblings++;
 		}
 
@@ -715,7 +721,8 @@ static int fib6_add_rt2node(struct fib6_node *fn, struct rt6_info *rt,
 		/* Find the first route that have the same metric */
 		sibling = fn->leaf;
 		while (sibling) {
-			if (sibling->rt6i_metric == rt->rt6i_metric) {
+			if (sibling->rt6i_metric == rt->rt6i_metric &&
+			    rt6_qualify_for_ecmp(sibling)) {
 				list_add_tail(&rt->rt6i_siblings,
 					      &sibling->rt6i_siblings);
 				break;