diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index 4292929392b0..9bf85d34c024 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -671,6 +671,9 @@ static inline int ipv6_addr_diff(const struct in6_addr *a1, const struct in6_add
 	return __ipv6_addr_diff(a1, a2, sizeof(struct in6_addr));
 }
 
+u32 __ipv6_select_ident(u32 hashrnd, struct in6_addr *dst,
+			struct in6_addr *src);
+void ipv6_select_ident(struct frag_hdr *fhdr, struct rt6_info *rt);
 void ipv6_proxy_select_ident(struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 int ip6_dst_hoplimit(struct dst_entry *dst);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index ce69a12ae48c..d28f2a2efb32 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -537,20 +537,6 @@ static void ip6_copy_metadata(struct sk_buff *to, struct sk_buff *from)
 	skb_copy_secmark(to, from);
 }
 
-static void ipv6_select_ident(struct frag_hdr *fhdr, struct rt6_info *rt)
-{
-	static u32 ip6_idents_hashrnd __read_mostly;
-	u32 hash, id;
-
-	net_get_random_once(&ip6_idents_hashrnd, sizeof(ip6_idents_hashrnd));
-
-	hash = __ipv6_addr_jhash(&rt->rt6i_dst.addr, ip6_idents_hashrnd);
-	hash = __ipv6_addr_jhash(&rt->rt6i_src.addr, hash);
-
-	id = ip_idents_reserve(hash, 1);
-	fhdr->identification = htonl(id);
-}
-
 int ip6_fragment(struct sk_buff *skb, int (*output)(struct sk_buff *))
 {
 	struct sk_buff *frag;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/output_core.c b/net/ipv6/output_core.c
index 97f41a3e68d9..54520a0bd5e3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/output_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/output_core.c
@@ -9,6 +9,24 @@
 #include <net/addrconf.h>
 #include <net/secure_seq.h>
 
+u32 __ipv6_select_ident(u32 hashrnd, struct in6_addr *dst, struct in6_addr *src)
+{
+	u32 hash, id;
+
+	hash = __ipv6_addr_jhash(dst, hashrnd);
+	hash = __ipv6_addr_jhash(src, hash);
+
+	/* Treat id of 0 as unset and if we get 0 back from ip_idents_reserve,
+	 * set the hight order instead thus minimizing possible future
+	 * collisions.
+	 */
+	id = ip_idents_reserve(hash, 1);
+	if (unlikely(!id))
+		id = 1 << 31;
+
+	return id;
+}
+
 /* This function exists only for tap drivers that must support broken
  * clients requesting UFO without specifying an IPv6 fragment ID.
  *
@@ -22,7 +40,7 @@ void ipv6_proxy_select_ident(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	static u32 ip6_proxy_idents_hashrnd __read_mostly;
 	struct in6_addr buf[2];
 	struct in6_addr *addrs;
-	u32 hash, id;
+	u32 id;
 
 	addrs = skb_header_pointer(skb,
 				   skb_network_offset(skb) +
@@ -34,14 +52,25 @@ void ipv6_proxy_select_ident(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	net_get_random_once(&ip6_proxy_idents_hashrnd,
 			    sizeof(ip6_proxy_idents_hashrnd));
 
-	hash = __ipv6_addr_jhash(&addrs[1], ip6_proxy_idents_hashrnd);
-	hash = __ipv6_addr_jhash(&addrs[0], hash);
-
-	id = ip_idents_reserve(hash, 1);
-	skb_shinfo(skb)->ip6_frag_id = htonl(id);
+	id = __ipv6_select_ident(ip6_proxy_idents_hashrnd,
+				 &addrs[1], &addrs[0]);
+	skb_shinfo(skb)->ip6_frag_id = id;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ipv6_proxy_select_ident);
 
+void ipv6_select_ident(struct frag_hdr *fhdr, struct rt6_info *rt)
+{
+	static u32 ip6_idents_hashrnd __read_mostly;
+	u32 id;
+
+	net_get_random_once(&ip6_idents_hashrnd, sizeof(ip6_idents_hashrnd));
+
+	id = __ipv6_select_ident(ip6_idents_hashrnd, &rt->rt6i_dst.addr,
+				 &rt->rt6i_src.addr);
+	fhdr->identification = htonl(id);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipv6_select_ident);
+
 int ip6_find_1stfragopt(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 **nexthdr)
 {
 	u16 offset = sizeof(struct ipv6hdr);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/udp_offload.c b/net/ipv6/udp_offload.c
index b6aa8ed18257..a56276996b72 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/udp_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/udp_offload.c
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ static struct sk_buff *udp6_ufo_fragment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 		skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs = DIV_ROUND_UP(skb->len, mss);
 
+		/* Set the IPv6 fragment id if not set yet */
+		if (!skb_shinfo(skb)->ip6_frag_id)
+			ipv6_proxy_select_ident(skb);
+
 		segs = NULL;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -108,7 +112,11 @@ static struct sk_buff *udp6_ufo_fragment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		fptr = (struct frag_hdr *)(skb_network_header(skb) + unfrag_ip6hlen);
 		fptr->nexthdr = nexthdr;
 		fptr->reserved = 0;
-		fptr->identification = skb_shinfo(skb)->ip6_frag_id;
+		if (skb_shinfo(skb)->ip6_frag_id)
+			fptr->identification = skb_shinfo(skb)->ip6_frag_id;
+		else
+			ipv6_select_ident(fptr,
+					  (struct rt6_info *)skb_dst(skb));
 
 		/* Fragment the skb. ipv6 header and the remaining fields of the
 		 * fragment header are updated in ipv6_gso_segment()