diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index dde77f72e03e..71c78d223dfd 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ void fib_modify_prefix_metric(struct in_ifaddr *ifa, u32 new_metric)
 	if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP) ||
 	    ifa->ifa_flags & (IFA_F_SECONDARY | IFA_F_NOPREFIXROUTE) ||
 	    ipv4_is_zeronet(prefix) ||
-	    prefix == ifa->ifa_local || ifa->ifa_prefixlen == 32)
+	    (prefix == ifa->ifa_local && ifa->ifa_prefixlen == 32))
 		return;
 
 	/* add the new */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_tests.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_tests.sh
index c4ba0ff4a53f..76c1897e6352 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_tests.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_tests.sh
@@ -1438,6 +1438,27 @@ ipv4_addr_metric_test()
 	fi
 	log_test $rc 0 "Prefix route with metric on link up"
 
+	# explicitly check for metric changes on edge scenarios
+	run_cmd "$IP addr flush dev dummy2"
+	run_cmd "$IP addr add dev dummy2 172.16.104.0/24 metric 259"
+	run_cmd "$IP addr change dev dummy2 172.16.104.0/24 metric 260"
+	rc=$?
+	if [ $rc -eq 0 ]; then
+		check_route "172.16.104.0/24 dev dummy2 proto kernel scope link src 172.16.104.0 metric 260"
+		rc=$?
+	fi
+	log_test $rc 0 "Modify metric of .0/24 address"
+
+	run_cmd "$IP addr flush dev dummy2"
+	run_cmd "$IP addr add dev dummy2 172.16.104.1/32 peer 172.16.104.2 metric 260"
+	run_cmd "$IP addr change dev dummy2 172.16.104.1/32 peer 172.16.104.2 metric 261"
+	rc=$?
+	if [ $rc -eq 0 ]; then
+		check_route "172.16.104.2 dev dummy2 proto kernel scope link src 172.16.104.1 metric 261"
+		rc=$?
+	fi
+	log_test $rc 0 "Modify metric of address with peer route"
+
 	$IP li del dummy1
 	$IP li del dummy2
 	cleanup