diff --git a/include/net/dst.h b/include/net/dst.h
index e01a826f2a9c..46ed958e0c6e 100644
--- a/include/net/dst.h
+++ b/include/net/dst.h
@@ -108,9 +108,11 @@ struct dst_entry {
 u32 *dst_cow_metrics_generic(struct dst_entry *dst, unsigned long old);
 extern const u32 dst_default_metrics[];
 
-#define DST_METRICS_READ_ONLY	0x1UL
+#define DST_METRICS_READ_ONLY		0x1UL
+#define DST_METRICS_FORCE_OVERWRITE	0x2UL
+#define DST_METRICS_FLAGS		0x3UL
 #define __DST_METRICS_PTR(Y)	\
-	((u32 *)((Y) & ~DST_METRICS_READ_ONLY))
+	((u32 *)((Y) & ~DST_METRICS_FLAGS))
 #define DST_METRICS_PTR(X)	__DST_METRICS_PTR((X)->_metrics)
 
 static inline bool dst_metrics_read_only(const struct dst_entry *dst)
@@ -118,6 +120,11 @@ static inline bool dst_metrics_read_only(const struct dst_entry *dst)
 	return dst->_metrics & DST_METRICS_READ_ONLY;
 }
 
+static inline void dst_metrics_set_force_overwrite(struct dst_entry *dst)
+{
+	dst->_metrics |= DST_METRICS_FORCE_OVERWRITE;
+}
+
 void __dst_destroy_metrics_generic(struct dst_entry *dst, unsigned long old);
 
 static inline void dst_destroy_metrics_generic(struct dst_entry *dst)
diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index aca0c2709fd6..9bcb220bd4ad 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ struct fib6_node *fib6_locate(struct fib6_node *root,
 void fib6_clean_all(struct net *net, int (*func)(struct rt6_info *, void *arg),
 		    void *arg);
 
-int fib6_add(struct fib6_node *root, struct rt6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info);
+int fib6_add(struct fib6_node *root, struct rt6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info,
+	     struct nlattr *mx, int mx_len);
 
 int fib6_del(struct rt6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 075602fc6b6a..4ee487b103ae 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -638,12 +638,41 @@ static inline bool rt6_qualify_for_ecmp(struct rt6_info *rt)
 	       RTF_GATEWAY;
 }
 
+static int fib6_commit_metrics(struct dst_entry *dst,
+			       struct nlattr *mx, int mx_len)
+{
+	struct nlattr *nla;
+	int remaining;
+	u32 *mp;
+
+	if (dst->flags & DST_HOST) {
+		mp = dst_metrics_write_ptr(dst);
+	} else {
+		mp = kzalloc(sizeof(u32) * RTAX_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!mp)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		dst_init_metrics(dst, mp, 0);
+	}
+
+	nla_for_each_attr(nla, mx, mx_len, remaining) {
+		int type = nla_type(nla);
+
+		if (type) {
+			if (type > RTAX_MAX)
+				return -EINVAL;
+
+			mp[type - 1] = nla_get_u32(nla);
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  *	Insert routing information in a node.
  */
 
 static int fib6_add_rt2node(struct fib6_node *fn, struct rt6_info *rt,
-			    struct nl_info *info)
+			    struct nl_info *info, struct nlattr *mx, int mx_len)
 {
 	struct rt6_info *iter = NULL;
 	struct rt6_info **ins;
@@ -653,6 +682,7 @@ static int fib6_add_rt2node(struct fib6_node *fn, struct rt6_info *rt,
 		   (info->nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_CREATE));
 	int found = 0;
 	bool rt_can_ecmp = rt6_qualify_for_ecmp(rt);
+	int err;
 
 	ins = &fn->leaf;
 
@@ -751,6 +781,11 @@ static int fib6_add_rt2node(struct fib6_node *fn, struct rt6_info *rt,
 			pr_warn("NLM_F_CREATE should be set when creating new route\n");
 
 add:
+		if (mx) {
+			err = fib6_commit_metrics(&rt->dst, mx, mx_len);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
 		rt->dst.rt6_next = iter;
 		*ins = rt;
 		rt->rt6i_node = fn;
@@ -770,6 +805,11 @@ add:
 			pr_warn("NLM_F_REPLACE set, but no existing node found!\n");
 			return -ENOENT;
 		}
+		if (mx) {
+			err = fib6_commit_metrics(&rt->dst, mx, mx_len);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
 		*ins = rt;
 		rt->rt6i_node = fn;
 		rt->dst.rt6_next = iter->dst.rt6_next;
@@ -806,7 +846,8 @@ void fib6_force_start_gc(struct net *net)
  *	with source addr info in sub-trees
  */
 
-int fib6_add(struct fib6_node *root, struct rt6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info)
+int fib6_add(struct fib6_node *root, struct rt6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info,
+	     struct nlattr *mx, int mx_len)
 {
 	struct fib6_node *fn, *pn = NULL;
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -900,7 +941,7 @@ int fib6_add(struct fib6_node *root, struct rt6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info)
 	}
 #endif
 
-	err = fib6_add_rt2node(fn, rt, info);
+	err = fib6_add_rt2node(fn, rt, info, mx, mx_len);
 	if (!err) {
 		fib6_start_gc(info->nl_net, rt);
 		if (!(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE))
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index fba54a407bb2..b93ae6a6a31c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ static u32 *ipv6_cow_metrics(struct dst_entry *dst, unsigned long old)
 		unsigned long prev, new;
 
 		p = peer->metrics;
-		if (inet_metrics_new(peer))
+		if (inet_metrics_new(peer) ||
+		    (old & DST_METRICS_FORCE_OVERWRITE))
 			memcpy(p, old_p, sizeof(u32) * RTAX_MAX);
 
 		new = (unsigned long) p;
@@ -857,14 +858,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rt6_lookup);
    be destroyed.
  */
 
-static int __ip6_ins_rt(struct rt6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info)
+static int __ip6_ins_rt(struct rt6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info,
+			struct nlattr *mx, int mx_len)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct fib6_table *table;
 
 	table = rt->rt6i_table;
 	write_lock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
-	err = fib6_add(&table->tb6_root, rt, info);
+	err = fib6_add(&table->tb6_root, rt, info, mx, mx_len);
 	write_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
 
 	return err;
@@ -875,7 +877,7 @@ int ip6_ins_rt(struct rt6_info *rt)
 	struct nl_info info = {
 		.nl_net = dev_net(rt->dst.dev),
 	};
-	return __ip6_ins_rt(rt, &info);
+	return __ip6_ins_rt(rt, &info, NULL, 0);
 }
 
 static struct rt6_info *rt6_alloc_cow(struct rt6_info *ort,
@@ -1543,17 +1545,11 @@ int ip6_route_add(struct fib6_config *cfg)
 
 	ipv6_addr_prefix(&rt->rt6i_dst.addr, &cfg->fc_dst, cfg->fc_dst_len);
 	rt->rt6i_dst.plen = cfg->fc_dst_len;
-	if (rt->rt6i_dst.plen == 128)
-	       rt->dst.flags |= DST_HOST;
-
-	if (!(rt->dst.flags & DST_HOST) && cfg->fc_mx) {
-		u32 *metrics = kzalloc(sizeof(u32) * RTAX_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!metrics) {
-			err = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out;
-		}
-		dst_init_metrics(&rt->dst, metrics, 0);
+	if (rt->rt6i_dst.plen == 128) {
+		rt->dst.flags |= DST_HOST;
+		dst_metrics_set_force_overwrite(&rt->dst);
 	}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SUBTREES
 	ipv6_addr_prefix(&rt->rt6i_src.addr, &cfg->fc_src, cfg->fc_src_len);
 	rt->rt6i_src.plen = cfg->fc_src_len;
@@ -1672,31 +1668,13 @@ int ip6_route_add(struct fib6_config *cfg)
 	rt->rt6i_flags = cfg->fc_flags;
 
 install_route:
-	if (cfg->fc_mx) {
-		struct nlattr *nla;
-		int remaining;
-
-		nla_for_each_attr(nla, cfg->fc_mx, cfg->fc_mx_len, remaining) {
-			int type = nla_type(nla);
-
-			if (type) {
-				if (type > RTAX_MAX) {
-					err = -EINVAL;
-					goto out;
-				}
-
-				dst_metric_set(&rt->dst, type, nla_get_u32(nla));
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	rt->dst.dev = dev;
 	rt->rt6i_idev = idev;
 	rt->rt6i_table = table;
 
 	cfg->fc_nlinfo.nl_net = dev_net(dev);
 
-	return __ip6_ins_rt(rt, &cfg->fc_nlinfo);
+	return __ip6_ins_rt(rt, &cfg->fc_nlinfo, cfg->fc_mx, cfg->fc_mx_len);
 
 out:
 	if (dev)