diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index cff4fbbc66ef..8ebfed5d6323 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2780,10 +2780,10 @@ static void ip6_negative_advice(struct sock *sk,
 	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE) {
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		if (rt6_check_expired(rt)) {
-			/* counteract the dst_release() in sk_dst_reset() */
-			dst_hold(dst);
+			/* rt/dst can not be destroyed yet,
+			 * because of rcu_read_lock()
+			 */
 			sk_dst_reset(sk);
-
 			rt6_remove_exception_rt(rt);
 		}
 		rcu_read_unlock();