diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index d09173bf9500..539fa264e67d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -479,6 +479,9 @@ static int fib_get_nhs(struct fib_info *fi, struct rtnexthop *rtnh,
 		if (!rtnh_ok(rtnh, remaining))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
+		if (rtnh->rtnh_flags & (RTNH_F_DEAD | RTNH_F_LINKDOWN))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		nexthop_nh->nh_flags =
 			(cfg->fc_flags & ~0xFF) | rtnh->rtnh_flags;
 		nexthop_nh->nh_oif = rtnh->rtnh_ifindex;
@@ -1003,6 +1006,9 @@ struct fib_info *fib_create_info(struct fib_config *cfg)
 	if (fib_props[cfg->fc_type].scope > cfg->fc_scope)
 		goto err_inval;
 
+	if (cfg->fc_flags & (RTNH_F_DEAD | RTNH_F_LINKDOWN))
+		goto err_inval;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
 	if (cfg->fc_mp) {
 		nhs = fib_count_nexthops(cfg->fc_mp, cfg->fc_mp_len);