diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
index ef7f707d9ae3..7b089d0ac8cd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
@@ -86,11 +86,27 @@ static void ip6_sublist_rcv_finish(struct list_head *head)
 	}
 }
 
+static bool ip6_can_use_hint(const struct sk_buff *skb,
+			     const struct sk_buff *hint)
+{
+	return hint && !skb_dst(skb) &&
+	       ipv6_addr_equal(&ipv6_hdr(hint)->daddr, &ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr);
+}
+
+static struct sk_buff *ip6_extract_route_hint(const struct net *net,
+					      struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	if (fib6_routes_require_src(net) || fib6_has_custom_rules(net))
+		return NULL;
+
+	return skb;
+}
+
 static void ip6_list_rcv_finish(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
 				struct list_head *head)
 {
+	struct sk_buff *skb, *next, *hint = NULL;
 	struct dst_entry *curr_dst = NULL;
-	struct sk_buff *skb, *next;
 	struct list_head sublist;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sublist);
@@ -104,9 +120,15 @@ static void ip6_list_rcv_finish(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
 		skb = l3mdev_ip6_rcv(skb);
 		if (!skb)
 			continue;
-		ip6_rcv_finish_core(net, sk, skb);
+
+		if (ip6_can_use_hint(skb, hint))
+			skb_dst_copy(skb, hint);
+		else
+			ip6_rcv_finish_core(net, sk, skb);
 		dst = skb_dst(skb);
 		if (curr_dst != dst) {
+			hint = ip6_extract_route_hint(net, skb);
+
 			/* dispatch old sublist */
 			if (!list_empty(&sublist))
 				ip6_sublist_rcv_finish(&sublist);