diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index e5308d7cbd75..d43abeb1e415 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -893,8 +893,7 @@ static int fib6_add_rt2node(struct fib6_node *fn, struct rt6_info *rt,
 					found++;
 					break;
 				}
-				if (rt_can_ecmp)
-					fallback_ins = fallback_ins ?: ins;
+				fallback_ins = fallback_ins ?: ins;
 				goto next_iter;
 			}
 
@@ -934,7 +933,9 @@ next_iter:
 	}
 
 	if (fallback_ins && !found) {
-		/* No ECMP-able route found, replace first non-ECMP one */
+		/* No matching route with same ecmp-able-ness found, replace
+		 * first matching route
+		 */
 		ins = fallback_ins;
 		iter = *ins;
 		found++;