diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index f54f426..3d1b260 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2216,12 +2216,13 @@ static int __ip6_del_rt_siblings(struct rt6_info *rt, struct fib6_config *cfg)
 
 static int ip6_route_del(struct fib6_config *cfg)
 {
+	struct net *net = cfg->fc_nlinfo.nl_net;
 	struct fib6_table *table;
 	struct fib6_node *fn;
 	struct rt6_info *rt;
 	int err = -ESRCH;
 
-	table = fib6_get_table(cfg->fc_nlinfo.nl_net, cfg->fc_table);
+	table = fib6_get_table(net, cfg->fc_table);
 	if (!table)
 		return err;
 
@@ -2247,6 +2248,8 @@ static int ip6_route_del(struct fib6_config *cfg)
 				continue;
 			if (cfg->fc_protocol && cfg->fc_protocol != rt->rt6i_protocol)
 				continue;
+			if (rt == net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry)
+				continue;
 			dst_hold(&rt->dst);
 			read_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);