diff --git a/include/net/ip_fib.h b/include/net/ip_fib.h
index 926142ed8d7a..9497be1ad4c0 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_fib.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ struct fib_info {
 	unsigned char		fib_dead;
 	unsigned char		fib_protocol;
 	unsigned char		fib_scope;
+	unsigned char		fib_type;
 	__be32			fib_prefsrc;
 	u32			fib_priority;
 	u32			*fib_metrics;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 3509065e409a..267753060ffc 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ static struct fib_info *fib_find_info(const struct fib_info *nfi)
 		    nfi->fib_scope == fi->fib_scope &&
 		    nfi->fib_prefsrc == fi->fib_prefsrc &&
 		    nfi->fib_priority == fi->fib_priority &&
+		    nfi->fib_type == fi->fib_type &&
 		    memcmp(nfi->fib_metrics, fi->fib_metrics,
 			   sizeof(u32) * RTAX_MAX) == 0 &&
 		    ((nfi->fib_flags ^ fi->fib_flags) & ~RTNH_F_DEAD) == 0 &&
@@ -833,6 +834,7 @@ struct fib_info *fib_create_info(struct fib_config *cfg)
 	fi->fib_flags = cfg->fc_flags;
 	fi->fib_priority = cfg->fc_priority;
 	fi->fib_prefsrc = cfg->fc_prefsrc;
+	fi->fib_type = cfg->fc_type;
 
 	fi->fib_nhs = nhs;
 	change_nexthops(fi) {