diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 5c3f0dc1c754..f5e99a85bf92 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -862,6 +862,8 @@ static int fib6_add_rt2node(struct fib6_node *fn, struct rt6_info *rt,
 			ins = &rt->dst.rt6_next;
 			iter = *ins;
 			while (iter) {
+				if (iter->rt6i_metric > rt->rt6i_metric)
+					break;
 				if (rt6_qualify_for_ecmp(iter)) {
 					*ins = iter->dst.rt6_next;
 					fib6_purge_rt(iter, fn, info->nl_net);