diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index d4733160e6b7..bfe3ec7ecb14 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -997,6 +997,7 @@ ipv6_add_addr(struct inet6_dev *idev, struct ifa6_config *cfg,
 	if (addr_type == IPV6_ADDR_ANY ||
 	    addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_MULTICAST ||
 	    (!(idev->dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) &&
+	     !netif_is_l3_master(idev->dev) &&
 	     addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_LOOPBACK))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EADDRNOTAVAIL);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
index 6242682be876..96577e742afd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *ip6_rcv_core(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	 */
 	if ((ipv6_addr_loopback(&hdr->saddr) ||
 	     ipv6_addr_loopback(&hdr->daddr)) &&
-	     !(dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK))
+	    !(dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) &&
+	    !netif_is_l3_master(dev))
 		goto err;
 
 	/* RFC4291 Errata ID: 3480
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 21a919e74fbf..938db8ae2316 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2071,7 +2071,8 @@ struct dst_entry *ip6_route_output_flags(struct net *net, const struct sock *sk,
 {
 	bool any_src;
 
-	if (rt6_need_strict(&fl6->daddr)) {
+	if (ipv6_addr_type(&fl6->daddr) &
+	    (IPV6_ADDR_MULTICAST | IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL)) {
 		struct dst_entry *dst;
 
 		dst = l3mdev_link_scope_lookup(net, fl6);