diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 0e844c2736a77..3df2c442d90bc 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -943,39 +943,39 @@ static int ip6_dst_lookup_tail(struct sock *sk,
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_OPTIMISTIC_DAD
-		/*
-		 * Here if the dst entry we've looked up
-		 * has a neighbour entry that is in the INCOMPLETE
-		 * state and the src address from the flow is
-		 * marked as OPTIMISTIC, we release the found
-		 * dst entry and replace it instead with the
-		 * dst entry of the nexthop router
-		 */
-		if (!((*dst)->neighbour->nud_state & NUD_VALID)) {
-			struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp;
-			struct flowi fl_gw;
-			int redirect;
-
-			ifp = ipv6_get_ifaddr(net, &fl->fl6_src,
-					      (*dst)->dev, 1);
-
-			redirect = (ifp && ifp->flags & IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC);
-			if (ifp)
-				in6_ifa_put(ifp);
-
-			if (redirect) {
-				/*
-				 * We need to get the dst entry for the
-				 * default router instead
-				 */
-				dst_release(*dst);
-				memcpy(&fl_gw, fl, sizeof(struct flowi));
-				memset(&fl_gw.fl6_dst, 0, sizeof(struct in6_addr));
-				*dst = ip6_route_output(net, sk, &fl_gw);
-				if ((err = (*dst)->error))
-					goto out_err_release;
-			}
+	/*
+	 * Here if the dst entry we've looked up
+	 * has a neighbour entry that is in the INCOMPLETE
+	 * state and the src address from the flow is
+	 * marked as OPTIMISTIC, we release the found
+	 * dst entry and replace it instead with the
+	 * dst entry of the nexthop router
+	 */
+	if ((*dst)->neighbour && !((*dst)->neighbour->nud_state & NUD_VALID)) {
+		struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp;
+		struct flowi fl_gw;
+		int redirect;
+
+		ifp = ipv6_get_ifaddr(net, &fl->fl6_src,
+				      (*dst)->dev, 1);
+
+		redirect = (ifp && ifp->flags & IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC);
+		if (ifp)
+			in6_ifa_put(ifp);
+
+		if (redirect) {
+			/*
+			 * We need to get the dst entry for the
+			 * default router instead
+			 */
+			dst_release(*dst);
+			memcpy(&fl_gw, fl, sizeof(struct flowi));
+			memset(&fl_gw.fl6_dst, 0, sizeof(struct in6_addr));
+			*dst = ip6_route_output(net, sk, &fl_gw);
+			if ((err = (*dst)->error))
+				goto out_err_release;
 		}
+	}
 #endif
 
 	return 0;