diff --git a/include/net/ip6_route.h b/include/net/ip6_route.h
index abceb5864d99..08b132381984 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_route.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_route.h
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ static inline bool rt6_need_strict(const struct in6_addr *daddr)
 
 static inline bool rt6_qualify_for_ecmp(const struct rt6_info *rt)
 {
-	return (rt->rt6i_flags & (RTF_ADDRCONF | RTF_DYNAMIC)) == 0;
+	return (rt->rt6i_flags & (RTF_GATEWAY|RTF_ADDRCONF|RTF_DYNAMIC)) ==
+	       RTF_GATEWAY;
 }
 
 void ip6_route_input(struct sk_buff *skb);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 3c97c29d4401..deab2db6692e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -934,6 +934,9 @@ static int fib6_add_rt2node(struct fib6_node *fn, struct rt6_info *rt,
 			 * list.
 			 * Only static routes (which don't have flag
 			 * RTF_EXPIRES) are used for ECMPv6.
+			 *
+			 * To avoid long list, we only had siblings if the
+			 * route have a gateway.
 			 */
 			if (rt_can_ecmp &&
 			    rt6_qualify_for_ecmp(iter))