diff --git a/drivers/net/vrf.c b/drivers/net/vrf.c
index b51a2367dbaa..8a320300a617 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vrf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vrf.c
@@ -1040,6 +1040,8 @@ static void vrf_ip6_input_dst(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *vrf_dev,
 	struct net *net = dev_net(vrf_dev);
 	struct rt6_info *rt6;
 
+	skb_dst_drop(skb);
+
 	rt6 = vrf_ip6_route_lookup(net, vrf_dev, &fl6, ifindex, skb,
 				   RT6_LOOKUP_F_HAS_SADDR | RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE);
 	if (unlikely(!rt6))