diff --git a/include/net/ip6_route.h b/include/net/ip6_route.h
index 0084013d6bed..08b132381984 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_route.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_route.h
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ static inline void ip6_dst_store(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
 #endif
 }
 
+void ip6_sk_dst_store_flow(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
+			   const struct flowi6 *fl6);
+
 static inline bool ipv6_unicast_destination(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *) skb_dst(skb);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/datagram.c b/net/ipv6/datagram.c
index 88bc2ef7c7a8..a02ad100f0d7 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/datagram.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/datagram.c
@@ -106,14 +106,7 @@ int ip6_datagram_dst_update(struct sock *sk, bool fix_sk_saddr)
 		}
 	}
 
-	ip6_dst_store(sk, dst,
-		      ipv6_addr_equal(&fl6.daddr, &sk->sk_v6_daddr) ?
-		      &sk->sk_v6_daddr : NULL,
-#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SUBTREES
-		      ipv6_addr_equal(&fl6.saddr, &np->saddr) ?
-		      &np->saddr :
-#endif
-		      NULL);
+	ip6_sk_dst_store_flow(sk, dst, &fl6);
 
 out:
 	fl6_sock_release(flowlabel);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index f239f91d2efb..49b954d6d0fa 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2229,6 +2229,23 @@ void ip6_sk_update_pmtu(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sock *sk, __be32 mtu)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip6_sk_update_pmtu);
 
+void ip6_sk_dst_store_flow(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
+			   const struct flowi6 *fl6)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SUBTREES
+	struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
+#endif
+
+	ip6_dst_store(sk, dst,
+		      ipv6_addr_equal(&fl6->daddr, &sk->sk_v6_daddr) ?
+		      &sk->sk_v6_daddr : NULL,
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SUBTREES
+		      ipv6_addr_equal(&fl6->saddr, &np->saddr) ?
+		      &np->saddr :
+#endif
+		      NULL);
+}
+
 /* Handle redirects */
 struct ip6rd_flowi {
 	struct flowi6 fl6;