diff --git a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
index e275916..3fd0a57 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
@@ -122,7 +122,11 @@
 static bool fib6_rule_suppress(struct fib_rule *rule, struct fib_lookup_arg *arg)
 {
 	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *) arg->result;
-	struct net_device *dev = rt->rt6i_idev->dev;
+	struct net_device *dev = NULL;
+
+	if (rt->rt6i_idev)
+		dev = rt->rt6i_idev->dev;
+
 	/* do not accept result if the route does
 	 * not meet the required prefix length
 	 */