diff --git a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
index 9f777ec59a59..ed33abf57abd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct fib6_rule {
 struct dst_entry *fib6_rule_lookup(struct net *net, struct flowi6 *fl6,
 				   int flags, pol_lookup_t lookup)
 {
+	struct rt6_info *rt;
 	struct fib_lookup_arg arg = {
 		.lookup_ptr = lookup,
 		.flags = FIB_LOOKUP_NOREF,
@@ -40,11 +41,21 @@ struct dst_entry *fib6_rule_lookup(struct net *net, struct flowi6 *fl6,
 	fib_rules_lookup(net->ipv6.fib6_rules_ops,
 			 flowi6_to_flowi(fl6), flags, &arg);
 
-	if (arg.result)
-		return arg.result;
+	rt = arg.result;
 
-	dst_hold(&net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry->dst);
-	return &net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry->dst;
+	if (!rt) {
+		dst_hold(&net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry->dst);
+		return &net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry->dst;
+	}
+
+	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_REJECT &&
+	    rt->dst.error == -EAGAIN) {
+		ip6_rt_put(rt);
+		rt = net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry;
+		dst_hold(&rt->dst);
+	}
+
+	return &rt->dst;
 }
 
 static int fib6_rule_action(struct fib_rule *rule, struct flowi *flp,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 7d2e0023c72d..6cedc62b2abb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -285,7 +285,17 @@ struct fib6_table *fib6_get_table(struct net *net, u32 id)
 struct dst_entry *fib6_rule_lookup(struct net *net, struct flowi6 *fl6,
 				   int flags, pol_lookup_t lookup)
 {
-	return (struct dst_entry *) lookup(net, net->ipv6.fib6_main_tbl, fl6, flags);
+	struct rt6_info *rt;
+
+	rt = lookup(net, net->ipv6.fib6_main_tbl, fl6, flags);
+	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_REJECT &&
+	    rt->dst.error == -EAGAIN) {
+		ip6_rt_put(rt);
+		rt = net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry;
+		dst_hold(&rt->dst);
+	}
+
+	return &rt->dst;
 }
 
 static void __net_init fib6_tables_init(struct net *net)