diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index fd7cd1bfe1510e4e71fcd000b02087a8c4280d97..871bdec09edbc39b952c5102cabbfbf5229253f6 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -498,7 +498,8 @@ int ip6_forward(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		int addrtype = ipv6_addr_type(&hdr->saddr);
 
 		/* This check is security critical. */
-		if (addrtype & (IPV6_ADDR_MULTICAST|IPV6_ADDR_LOOPBACK))
+		if (addrtype == IPV6_ADDR_ANY ||
+		    addrtype & (IPV6_ADDR_MULTICAST | IPV6_ADDR_LOOPBACK))
 			goto error;
 		if (addrtype & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL) {
 			icmpv6_send(skb, ICMPV6_DEST_UNREACH,