diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 039435f73d0f6570aa4bc9f9e024083c0574c72f..08042a97edf6113ae7e32b1c2649a2be9c280df5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -3109,7 +3109,7 @@ static struct fib6_info *ip6_route_info_create(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 	rt->fib6_metric = cfg->fc_metric;
 	rt->fib6_nh.nh_weight = 1;
 
-	rt->fib6_type = cfg->fc_type;
+	rt->fib6_type = cfg->fc_type ? : RTN_UNICAST;
 
 	/* We cannot add true routes via loopback here,
 	   they would result in kernel looping; promote them to reject routes