diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nft_fib_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nft_fib_ipv6.c
index c9f1634b3838..a89ce0fbfe4b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nft_fib_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nft_fib_ipv6.c
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ void nft_fib6_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr, struct nft_regs *regs,
 {
 	const struct nft_fib *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
 	int noff = skb_network_offset(pkt->skb);
+	const struct net_device *found = NULL;
 	const struct net_device *oif = NULL;
 	u32 *dest = &regs->data[priv->dreg];
 	struct ipv6hdr *iph, _iph;
@@ -202,11 +203,15 @@ void nft_fib6_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr, struct nft_regs *regs,
 	if (rt->rt6i_flags & (RTF_REJECT | RTF_ANYCAST | RTF_LOCAL))
 		goto put_rt_err;
 
-	if (oif && oif != rt->rt6i_idev->dev &&
-	    l3mdev_master_ifindex_rcu(rt->rt6i_idev->dev) != oif->ifindex)
-		goto put_rt_err;
+	if (!oif) {
+		found = rt->rt6i_idev->dev;
+	} else {
+		if (oif == rt->rt6i_idev->dev ||
+		    l3mdev_master_ifindex_rcu(rt->rt6i_idev->dev) == oif->ifindex)
+			found = oif;
+	}
 
-	nft_fib_store_result(dest, priv, rt->rt6i_idev->dev);
+	nft_fib_store_result(dest, priv, found);
  put_rt_err:
 	ip6_rt_put(rt);
 }