diff --git a/include/net/addrconf.h b/include/net/addrconf.h
index 933a9f22a05f..f679877bb601 100644
--- a/include/net/addrconf.h
+++ b/include/net/addrconf.h
@@ -306,11 +306,6 @@ static inline void addrconf_addr_solict_mult(const struct in6_addr *addr,
 		      htonl(0xFF000000) | addr->s6_addr32[3]);
 }
 
-static inline bool ipv6_addr_is_multicast(const struct in6_addr *addr)
-{
-	return (addr->s6_addr32[0] & htonl(0xFF000000)) == htonl(0xFF000000);
-}
-
 static inline bool ipv6_addr_is_ll_all_nodes(const struct in6_addr *addr)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS) && BITS_PER_LONG == 64
diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index d640925bc454..5b40ad297b8c 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -583,6 +583,11 @@ static inline bool ipv6_addr_orchid(const struct in6_addr *a)
 	return (a->s6_addr32[0] & htonl(0xfffffff0)) == htonl(0x20010010);
 }
 
+static inline bool ipv6_addr_is_multicast(const struct in6_addr *addr)
+{
+	return (addr->s6_addr32[0] & htonl(0xFF000000)) == htonl(0xFF000000);
+}
+
 static inline void ipv6_addr_set_v4mapped(const __be32 addr,
 					  struct in6_addr *v4mapped)
 {
@@ -664,6 +669,20 @@ void ipv6_select_ident(struct frag_hdr *fhdr, struct rt6_info *rt);
 
 int ip6_dst_hoplimit(struct dst_entry *dst);
 
+static inline int ip6_sk_dst_hoplimit(struct ipv6_pinfo *np, struct flowi6 *fl6,
+				      struct dst_entry *dst)
+{
+	int hlimit;
+
+	if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&fl6->daddr))
+		hlimit = np->mcast_hops;
+	else
+		hlimit = np->hop_limit;
+	if (hlimit < 0)
+		hlimit = ip6_dst_hoplimit(dst);
+	return hlimit;
+}
+
 /*
  *	Header manipulation
  */
diff --git a/net/ipv6/icmp.c b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
index 7b326529e6a2..3b0905b77127 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
@@ -493,12 +493,7 @@ static void icmp6_send(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 type, u8 code, __u32 info)
 	if (IS_ERR(dst))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&fl6.daddr))
-		hlimit = np->mcast_hops;
-	else
-		hlimit = np->hop_limit;
-	if (hlimit < 0)
-		hlimit = ip6_dst_hoplimit(dst);
+	hlimit = ip6_sk_dst_hoplimit(np, &fl6, dst);
 
 	msg.skb = skb;
 	msg.offset = skb_network_offset(skb);
@@ -593,12 +588,7 @@ static void icmpv6_echo_reply(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (IS_ERR(dst))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&fl6.daddr))
-		hlimit = np->mcast_hops;
-	else
-		hlimit = np->hop_limit;
-	if (hlimit < 0)
-		hlimit = ip6_dst_hoplimit(dst);
+	hlimit = ip6_sk_dst_hoplimit(np, &fl6, dst);
 
 	idev = __in6_dev_get(skb->dev);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
index 0961b5ef866d..4052694c6f2c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include <net/sock.h>
 
 #include <net/ipv6.h>
-#include <net/addrconf.h>
 #include <net/rawv6.h>
 #include <net/transp_v6.h>
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ping.c b/net/ipv6/ping.c
index bda74291c3e0..a2a1d80dfe0c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ping.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ping.c
@@ -168,12 +168,7 @@ int ping_v6_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 	pfh.wcheck = 0;
 	pfh.family = AF_INET6;
 
-	if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&fl6.daddr))
-		hlimit = np->mcast_hops;
-	else
-		hlimit = np->hop_limit;
-	if (hlimit < 0)
-		hlimit = ip6_dst_hoplimit(dst);
+	hlimit = ip6_sk_dst_hoplimit(np, &fl6, dst);
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
 	err = ip6_append_data(sk, ping_getfrag, &pfh, len,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/raw.c b/net/ipv6/raw.c
index 1f29996e368a..dddfb5fa2b7a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/raw.c
@@ -873,14 +873,8 @@ static int rawv6_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
 		err = PTR_ERR(dst);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	if (hlimit < 0) {
-		if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&fl6.daddr))
-			hlimit = np->mcast_hops;
-		else
-			hlimit = np->hop_limit;
-		if (hlimit < 0)
-			hlimit = ip6_dst_hoplimit(dst);
-	}
+	if (hlimit < 0)
+		hlimit = ip6_sk_dst_hoplimit(np, &fl6, dst);
 
 	if (tclass < 0)
 		tclass = np->tclass;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/udp.c b/net/ipv6/udp.c
index 1e586d92260e..d8d6ca04bb9d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/udp.c
@@ -1232,14 +1232,8 @@ int udpv6_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (hlimit < 0) {
-		if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&fl6.daddr))
-			hlimit = np->mcast_hops;
-		else
-			hlimit = np->hop_limit;
-		if (hlimit < 0)
-			hlimit = ip6_dst_hoplimit(dst);
-	}
+	if (hlimit < 0)
+		hlimit = ip6_sk_dst_hoplimit(np, &fl6, dst);
 
 	if (tclass < 0)
 		tclass = np->tclass;
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
index 7704ea9502fd..e472d44a3b91 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
@@ -605,14 +605,8 @@ static int l2tp_ip6_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (hlimit < 0) {
-		if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&fl6.daddr))
-			hlimit = np->mcast_hops;
-		else
-			hlimit = np->hop_limit;
-		if (hlimit < 0)
-			hlimit = ip6_dst_hoplimit(dst);
-	}
+	if (hlimit < 0)
+		hlimit = ip6_sk_dst_hoplimit(np, &fl6, dst);
 
 	if (tclass < 0)
 		tclass = np->tclass;