diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 9e69eb0ec6dd48a96d92bcf59c2cd89ad5e8412a..1250f902067016d694ea59910778555ad68702bc 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ static u32 *ipv6_cow_metrics(struct dst_entry *dst, unsigned long old)
 	struct inet_peer *peer;
 	u32 *p = NULL;
 
+	if (!(rt->dst.flags & DST_HOST))
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (!rt->rt6i_peer)
 		rt6_bind_peer(rt, 1);
 
@@ -252,6 +255,9 @@ static void ip6_dst_destroy(struct dst_entry *dst)
 	struct inet6_dev *idev = rt->rt6i_idev;
 	struct inet_peer *peer = rt->rt6i_peer;
 
+	if (!(rt->dst.flags & DST_HOST))
+		dst_destroy_metrics_generic(dst);
+
 	if (idev != NULL) {
 		rt->rt6i_idev = NULL;
 		in6_dev_put(idev);
@@ -723,9 +729,7 @@ static struct rt6_info *rt6_alloc_cow(const struct rt6_info *ort,
 			ipv6_addr_copy(&rt->rt6i_gateway, daddr);
 		}
 
-		rt->rt6i_dst.plen = 128;
 		rt->rt6i_flags |= RTF_CACHE;
-		rt->dst.flags |= DST_HOST;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SUBTREES
 		if (rt->rt6i_src.plen && saddr) {
@@ -775,9 +779,7 @@ static struct rt6_info *rt6_alloc_clone(struct rt6_info *ort,
 	struct rt6_info *rt = ip6_rt_copy(ort, daddr);
 
 	if (rt) {
-		rt->rt6i_dst.plen = 128;
 		rt->rt6i_flags |= RTF_CACHE;
-		rt->dst.flags |= DST_HOST;
 		dst_set_neighbour(&rt->dst, neigh_clone(dst_get_neighbour_raw(&ort->dst)));
 	}
 	return rt;
@@ -1078,12 +1080,15 @@ struct dst_entry *icmp6_dst_alloc(struct net_device *dev,
 			neigh = NULL;
 	}
 
-	rt->rt6i_idev     = idev;
+	rt->dst.flags |= DST_HOST;
+	rt->dst.output  = ip6_output;
 	dst_set_neighbour(&rt->dst, neigh);
 	atomic_set(&rt->dst.__refcnt, 1);
-	ipv6_addr_copy(&rt->rt6i_dst.addr, addr);
 	dst_metric_set(&rt->dst, RTAX_HOPLIMIT, 255);
-	rt->dst.output  = ip6_output;
+
+	ipv6_addr_copy(&rt->rt6i_dst.addr, addr);
+	rt->rt6i_dst.plen = 128;
+	rt->rt6i_idev     = idev;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&icmp6_dst_lock);
 	rt->dst.next = icmp6_dst_gc_list;
@@ -1261,6 +1266,14 @@ int ip6_route_add(struct fib6_config *cfg)
 	if (rt->rt6i_dst.plen == 128)
 	       rt->dst.flags |= DST_HOST;
 
+	if (!(rt->dst.flags & DST_HOST) && cfg->fc_mx) {
+		u32 *metrics = kzalloc(sizeof(u32) * RTAX_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!metrics) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		dst_init_metrics(&rt->dst, metrics, 0);
+	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SUBTREES
 	ipv6_addr_prefix(&rt->rt6i_src.addr, &cfg->fc_src, cfg->fc_src_len);
 	rt->rt6i_src.plen = cfg->fc_src_len;
@@ -1607,9 +1620,6 @@ void rt6_redirect(const struct in6_addr *dest, const struct in6_addr *src,
 	if (on_link)
 		nrt->rt6i_flags &= ~RTF_GATEWAY;
 
-	nrt->rt6i_dst.plen = 128;
-	nrt->dst.flags |= DST_HOST;
-
 	ipv6_addr_copy(&nrt->rt6i_gateway, (struct in6_addr*)neigh->primary_key);
 	dst_set_neighbour(&nrt->dst, neigh_clone(neigh));
 
@@ -1754,9 +1764,10 @@ static struct rt6_info *ip6_rt_copy(const struct rt6_info *ort,
 	if (rt) {
 		rt->dst.input = ort->dst.input;
 		rt->dst.output = ort->dst.output;
+		rt->dst.flags |= DST_HOST;
 
 		ipv6_addr_copy(&rt->rt6i_dst.addr, dest);
-		rt->rt6i_dst.plen = ort->rt6i_dst.plen;
+		rt->rt6i_dst.plen = 128;
 		dst_copy_metrics(&rt->dst, &ort->dst);
 		rt->dst.error = ort->dst.error;
 		rt->rt6i_idev = ort->rt6i_idev;