diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index 063d30474cf6..aaf9700fc9e5 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -275,7 +275,8 @@ int fib6_add(struct fib6_node *root, struct rt6_info *rt,
 	     struct nl_info *info, struct mx6_config *mxc);
 int fib6_del(struct rt6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info);
 
-void inet6_rt_notify(int event, struct rt6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info);
+void inet6_rt_notify(int event, struct rt6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info,
+		     unsigned int flags);
 
 void fib6_run_gc(unsigned long expires, struct net *net, bool force);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 8a9ec01f4d01..7d2e0023c72d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ static int fib6_add_rt2node(struct fib6_node *fn, struct rt6_info *rt,
 		*ins = rt;
 		rt->rt6i_node = fn;
 		atomic_inc(&rt->rt6i_ref);
-		inet6_rt_notify(RTM_NEWROUTE, rt, info);
+		inet6_rt_notify(RTM_NEWROUTE, rt, info, 0);
 		info->nl_net->ipv6.rt6_stats->fib_rt_entries++;
 
 		if (!(fn->fn_flags & RTN_RTINFO)) {
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ static int fib6_add_rt2node(struct fib6_node *fn, struct rt6_info *rt,
 		rt->rt6i_node = fn;
 		rt->dst.rt6_next = iter->dst.rt6_next;
 		atomic_inc(&rt->rt6i_ref);
-		inet6_rt_notify(RTM_NEWROUTE, rt, info);
+		inet6_rt_notify(RTM_NEWROUTE, rt, info, NLM_F_REPLACE);
 		if (!(fn->fn_flags & RTN_RTINFO)) {
 			info->nl_net->ipv6.rt6_stats->fib_route_nodes++;
 			fn->fn_flags |= RTN_RTINFO;
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ static void fib6_del_route(struct fib6_node *fn, struct rt6_info **rtp,
 
 	fib6_purge_rt(rt, fn, net);
 
-	inet6_rt_notify(RTM_DELROUTE, rt, info);
+	inet6_rt_notify(RTM_DELROUTE, rt, info, 0);
 	rt6_release(rt);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 3d3c1b294725..d5fa50297f80 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -3304,7 +3304,8 @@ static int inet6_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 	return err;
 }
 
-void inet6_rt_notify(int event, struct rt6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info)
+void inet6_rt_notify(int event, struct rt6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info,
+		     unsigned int nlm_flags)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct net *net = info->nl_net;
@@ -3319,7 +3320,7 @@ void inet6_rt_notify(int event, struct rt6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info)
 		goto errout;
 
 	err = rt6_fill_node(net, skb, rt, NULL, NULL, 0,
-				event, info->portid, seq, 0, 0, 0);
+				event, info->portid, seq, 0, 0, nlm_flags);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		/* -EMSGSIZE implies BUG in rt6_nlmsg_size() */
 		WARN_ON(err == -EMSGSIZE);