diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 9af6115f0f500822c94ff6cb751ab24cd34de911..63442a1e741c630cb7936702f3e0690353e11a5b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2688,6 +2688,8 @@ int __init ip6_route_init(void)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_kmem_cache;
 
+	ip6_dst_blackhole_ops.kmem_cachep = ip6_dst_ops_template.kmem_cachep;
+
 	/* Registering of the loopback is done before this portion of code,
 	 * the loopback reference in rt6_info will not be taken, do it
 	 * manually for init_net */