diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index d5fa5b8c443e..1a341f74aa3f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3456,7 +3456,12 @@ static void addrconf_verify(unsigned long foo)
 					 &inet6_addr_lst[i], addr_lst) {
 			unsigned long age;
 
-			if (ifp->flags & IFA_F_PERMANENT)
+			/* When setting preferred_lft to a value not zero or
+			 * infinity, while valid_lft is infinity
+			 * IFA_F_PERMANENT has a non-infinity life time.
+			 */
+			if ((ifp->flags & IFA_F_PERMANENT) &&
+			    (ifp->prefered_lft == INFINITY_LIFE_TIME))
 				continue;
 
 			spin_lock(&ifp->lock);
@@ -3481,7 +3486,8 @@ static void addrconf_verify(unsigned long foo)
 					ifp->flags |= IFA_F_DEPRECATED;
 				}
 
-				if (time_before(ifp->tstamp + ifp->valid_lft * HZ, next))
+				if ((ifp->valid_lft != INFINITY_LIFE_TIME) &&
+				    (time_before(ifp->tstamp + ifp->valid_lft * HZ, next)))
 					next = ifp->tstamp + ifp->valid_lft * HZ;
 
 				spin_unlock(&ifp->lock);
@@ -3761,7 +3767,8 @@ static int inet6_fill_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_ifaddr *ifa,
 	put_ifaddrmsg(nlh, ifa->prefix_len, ifa->flags, rt_scope(ifa->scope),
 		      ifa->idev->dev->ifindex);
 
-	if (!(ifa->flags&IFA_F_PERMANENT)) {
+	if (!((ifa->flags&IFA_F_PERMANENT) &&
+	      (ifa->prefered_lft == INFINITY_LIFE_TIME))) {
 		preferred = ifa->prefered_lft;
 		valid = ifa->valid_lft;
 		if (preferred != INFINITY_LIFE_TIME) {