diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
index 8d8c2915e064..1010b469d7d3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
@@ -1214,6 +1214,9 @@ static int fn_trie_insert(struct fib_table *tb, struct fib_config *cfg)
 			struct fib_info *fi_drop;
 			u8 state;
 
+			if (fi->fib_treeref > 1)
+				goto out;
+
 			err = -ENOBUFS;
 			new_fa = kmem_cache_alloc(fn_alias_kmem, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (new_fa == NULL)