diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index ced58e1..fab23db 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@
 		pr_warn("Freeing alive inet6 address %p\n", ifp);
 		return;
 	}
-	dst_release(&ifp->rt->dst);
+	ip6_rt_put(ifp->rt);
 
 	kfree_rcu(ifp, rcu);
 }
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@
 				rt6_set_expires(rt, expires);
 			}
 		}
-		dst_release(&rt->dst);
+		ip6_rt_put(rt);
 	}
 
 	/* clean up prefsrc entries */
@@ -2027,8 +2027,7 @@
 			addrconf_prefix_route(&pinfo->prefix, pinfo->prefix_len,
 					      dev, expires, flags);
 		}
-		if (rt)
-			dst_release(&rt->dst);
+		ip6_rt_put(rt);
 	}
 
 	/* Try to figure out our local address for this prefix */