diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index c4ea13e8360b..b5f385d2b0e9 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -3138,8 +3138,6 @@ static struct fib6_info *ip6_route_info_create(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 	rt->fib6_nh.nh_dev = dev;
 	rt->fib6_table = table;
 
-	cfg->fc_nlinfo.nl_net = dev_net(dev);
-
 	if (idev)
 		in6_dev_put(idev);