diff --git a/include/net/ip6_route.h b/include/net/ip6_route.h
index 0fbf73dd531a..199056933dcb 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_route.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_route.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct route_info {
 #include <net/flow.h>
 #include <net/ip6_fib.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
+#include <net/lwtunnel.h>
 #include <linux/ip.h>
 #include <linux/ipv6.h>
 #include <linux/route.h>
@@ -232,4 +233,11 @@ static inline struct in6_addr *rt6_nexthop(struct rt6_info *rt,
 		return daddr;
 }
 
+static inline bool rt6_duplicate_nexthop(struct rt6_info *a, struct rt6_info *b)
+{
+	return a->dst.dev == b->dst.dev &&
+	       a->rt6i_idev == b->rt6i_idev &&
+	       ipv6_addr_equal(&a->rt6i_gateway, &b->rt6i_gateway) &&
+	       !lwtunnel_cmp_encap(a->dst.lwtstate, b->dst.lwtstate);
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 5477ba729c36..ebb299cf72b7 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -786,10 +786,7 @@ static int fib6_add_rt2node(struct fib6_node *fn, struct rt6_info *rt,
 				goto next_iter;
 			}
 
-			if (iter->dst.dev == rt->dst.dev &&
-			    iter->rt6i_idev == rt->rt6i_idev &&
-			    ipv6_addr_equal(&iter->rt6i_gateway,
-					    &rt->rt6i_gateway)) {
+			if (rt6_duplicate_nexthop(iter, rt)) {
 				if (rt->rt6i_nsiblings)
 					rt->rt6i_nsiblings = 0;
 				if (!(iter->rt6i_flags & RTF_EXPIRES))
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 0488a24c2a44..4d30c96a819d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -3036,17 +3036,11 @@ static int ip6_route_info_append(struct list_head *rt6_nh_list,
 				 struct rt6_info *rt, struct fib6_config *r_cfg)
 {
 	struct rt6_nh *nh;
-	struct rt6_info *rtnh;
 	int err = -EEXIST;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(nh, rt6_nh_list, next) {
 		/* check if rt6_info already exists */
-		rtnh = nh->rt6_info;
-
-		if (rtnh->dst.dev == rt->dst.dev &&
-		    rtnh->rt6i_idev == rt->rt6i_idev &&
-		    ipv6_addr_equal(&rtnh->rt6i_gateway,
-				    &rt->rt6i_gateway))
+		if (rt6_duplicate_nexthop(nh->rt6_info, rt))
 			return err;
 	}