diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index e4266746e4a2..d4bf2c68a545 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -923,6 +923,8 @@ add:
 			ins = &rt->dst.rt6_next;
 			iter = *ins;
 			while (iter) {
+				if (iter->rt6i_metric > rt->rt6i_metric)
+					break;
 				if (rt6_qualify_for_ecmp(iter)) {
 					*ins = iter->dst.rt6_next;
 					fib6_purge_rt(iter, fn, info->nl_net);