diff --git a/net/core/fib_rules.c b/net/core/fib_rules.c
index d1a70ad4b544..ef0e7d9e664b 100644
--- a/net/core/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/core/fib_rules.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static int fib_nl_newrule(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void *arg)
 	rule->flags = frh->flags;
 	rule->table = frh_get_table(frh, tb);
 
-	if (!rule->pref && ops->default_pref)
+	if (!tb[FRA_PRIORITY] && ops->default_pref)
 		rule->pref = ops->default_pref(ops);
 
 	err = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
index 835262c2b867..1239ed23cab6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static int fib_default_rules_init(struct fib_rules_ops *ops)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	err = fib_default_rule_add(ops, 0, RT_TABLE_LOCAL, FIB_RULE_PERMANENT);
+	err = fib_default_rule_add(ops, 0, RT_TABLE_LOCAL, 0);
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 	err = fib_default_rule_add(ops, 0x7FFE, RT_TABLE_MAIN, 0);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
index 00a7a5e4ac97..3b38f49f2c28 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static int fib6_rules_net_init(struct net *net)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&net->ipv6.fib6_rules_ops->rules_list);
 
 	err = fib_default_rule_add(net->ipv6.fib6_rules_ops, 0,
-				   RT6_TABLE_LOCAL, FIB_RULE_PERMANENT);
+				   RT6_TABLE_LOCAL, 0);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_fib6_rules_ops;