diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 2927e72e511a..977cfd09e2a3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -5329,7 +5329,7 @@ static int rt6_fill_node_nexthop(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nexthop *nh,
 	if (nexthop_is_multipath(nh)) {
 		struct nlattr *mp;
 
-		mp = nla_nest_start(skb, RTA_MULTIPATH);
+		mp = nla_nest_start_noflag(skb, RTA_MULTIPATH);
 		if (!mp)
 			goto nla_put_failure;