diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index a96d5b385d8f..598efa8cfe25 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ static struct net_device *ip6_rt_get_dev_rcu(struct rt6_info *rt)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = rt->dst.dev;
 
-	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_LOCAL) {
+	if (rt->rt6i_flags & (RTF_LOCAL | RTF_ANYCAST)) {
 		/* for copies of local routes, dst->dev needs to be the
 		 * device if it is a master device, the master device if
 		 * device is enslaved, and the loopback as the default