diff --git a/net/core/dst.c b/net/core/dst.c
index e956ce6..917364f 100644
--- a/net/core/dst.c
+++ b/net/core/dst.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
 
 #include <net/dst.h>
+#include <net/dst_metadata.h>
 
 /*
  * Theory of operations:
@@ -158,19 +159,10 @@
 	[RTAX_MAX] = 0xdeadbeef,
 };
 
-
-void *dst_alloc(struct dst_ops *ops, struct net_device *dev,
-		int initial_ref, int initial_obsolete, unsigned short flags)
+void dst_init(struct dst_entry *dst, struct dst_ops *ops,
+	      struct net_device *dev, int initial_ref, int initial_obsolete,
+	      unsigned short flags)
 {
-	struct dst_entry *dst;
-
-	if (ops->gc && dst_entries_get_fast(ops) > ops->gc_thresh) {
-		if (ops->gc(ops))
-			return NULL;
-	}
-	dst = kmem_cache_alloc(ops->kmem_cachep, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!dst)
-		return NULL;
 	dst->child = NULL;
 	dst->dev = dev;
 	if (dev)
@@ -200,6 +192,25 @@
 	dst->next = NULL;
 	if (!(flags & DST_NOCOUNT))
 		dst_entries_add(ops, 1);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dst_init);
+
+void *dst_alloc(struct dst_ops *ops, struct net_device *dev,
+		int initial_ref, int initial_obsolete, unsigned short flags)
+{
+	struct dst_entry *dst;
+
+	if (ops->gc && dst_entries_get_fast(ops) > ops->gc_thresh) {
+		if (ops->gc(ops))
+			return NULL;
+	}
+
+	dst = kmem_cache_alloc(ops->kmem_cachep, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!dst)
+		return NULL;
+
+	dst_init(dst, ops, dev, initial_ref, initial_obsolete, flags);
+
 	return dst;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dst_alloc);
@@ -248,7 +259,11 @@
 		dst->ops->destroy(dst);
 	if (dst->dev)
 		dev_put(dst->dev);
-	kmem_cache_free(dst->ops->kmem_cachep, dst);
+
+	if (dst->flags & DST_METADATA)
+		kfree(dst);
+	else
+		kmem_cache_free(dst->ops->kmem_cachep, dst);
 
 	dst = child;
 	if (dst) {
@@ -327,6 +342,47 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dst_destroy_metrics_generic);
 
+static struct dst_ops md_dst_ops = {
+	.family =		AF_UNSPEC,
+};
+
+static int dst_md_discard_sk(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	WARN_ONCE(1, "Attempting to call output on metadata dst\n");
+	kfree_skb(skb);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int dst_md_discard(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	WARN_ONCE(1, "Attempting to call input on metadata dst\n");
+	kfree_skb(skb);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct metadata_dst *metadata_dst_alloc(u8 optslen, gfp_t flags)
+{
+	struct metadata_dst *md_dst;
+	struct dst_entry *dst;
+
+	md_dst = kmalloc(sizeof(*md_dst) + optslen, flags);
+	if (!md_dst)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	dst = &md_dst->dst;
+	dst_init(dst, &md_dst_ops, NULL, 1, DST_OBSOLETE_NONE,
+		 DST_METADATA | DST_NOCACHE | DST_NOCOUNT);
+
+	dst->input = dst_md_discard;
+	dst->output = dst_md_discard_sk;
+
+	memset(dst + 1, 0, sizeof(*md_dst) + optslen - sizeof(*dst));
+	md_dst->opts_len = optslen;
+
+	return md_dst;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(metadata_dst_alloc);
+
 /* Dirty hack. We did it in 2.2 (in __dst_free),
  * we have _very_ good reasons not to repeat
  * this mistake in 2.3, but we have no choice
@@ -391,7 +447,7 @@
 	.priority = -10, /* must be called after other network notifiers */
 };
 
-void __init dst_init(void)
+void __init dst_subsys_init(void)
 {
 	register_netdevice_notifier(&dst_dev_notifier);
 }