diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 9c7d7621466b..147be2024290 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -598,7 +598,10 @@ static void tcp_v4_send_reset(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (th->rst)
 		return;
 
-	if (skb_rtable(skb)->rt_type != RTN_LOCAL)
+	/* If sk not NULL, it means we did a successful lookup and incoming
+	 * route had to be correct. prequeue might have dropped our dst.
+	 */
+	if (!sk && skb_rtable(skb)->rt_type != RTN_LOCAL)
 		return;
 
 	/* Swap the send and the receive. */
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index ace29b60813c..dc495ae2ead0 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -903,7 +903,10 @@ static void tcp_v6_send_reset(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (th->rst)
 		return;
 
-	if (!ipv6_unicast_destination(skb))
+	/* If sk not NULL, it means we did a successful lookup and incoming
+	 * route had to be correct. prequeue might have dropped our dst.
+	 */
+	if (!sk && !ipv6_unicast_destination(skb))
 		return;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCP_MD5SIG