diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index a82a11747b3f..0fcac8e7a2b2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -1914,7 +1914,8 @@ local_input:
 		}
 	}
 
-	rth = rt_dst_alloc(net->loopback_dev, flags | RTCF_LOCAL, res.type,
+	rth = rt_dst_alloc(l3mdev_master_dev_rcu(dev) ? : net->loopback_dev,
+			   flags | RTCF_LOCAL, res.type,
 			   IN_DEV_CONF_GET(in_dev, NOPOLICY), false, do_cache);
 	if (!rth)
 		goto e_nobufs;