diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 5dda1ef..5e1e605 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -2667,10 +2667,6 @@ static int inet_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 
-	/* Bugfix: need to give ip_route_input enough of an IP header to not gag. */
-	ip_hdr(skb)->protocol = IPPROTO_ICMP;
-	skb_reserve(skb, MAX_HEADER + sizeof(struct iphdr));
-
 	src = tb[RTA_SRC] ? nla_get_in_addr(tb[RTA_SRC]) : 0;
 	dst = tb[RTA_DST] ? nla_get_in_addr(tb[RTA_DST]) : 0;
 	iif = tb[RTA_IIF] ? nla_get_u32(tb[RTA_IIF]) : 0;
@@ -2680,6 +2676,15 @@ static int inet_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 	else
 		uid = (iif ? INVALID_UID : current_uid());
 
+	/* Bugfix: need to give ip_route_input enough of an IP header to
+	 * not gag.
+	 */
+	ip_hdr(skb)->protocol = IPPROTO_UDP;
+	ip_hdr(skb)->saddr = src;
+	ip_hdr(skb)->daddr = dst;
+
+	skb_reserve(skb, MAX_HEADER + sizeof(struct iphdr));
+
 	memset(&fl4, 0, sizeof(fl4));
 	fl4.daddr = dst;
 	fl4.saddr = src;