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-rw-r--r--net/core/neighbour.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 552719c3bbc3..47d07b122f7a 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -734,7 +734,9 @@ out_neigh_release:
struct neighbour *__neigh_create(struct neigh_table *tbl, const void *pkey,
struct net_device *dev, bool want_ref)
{
- return ___neigh_create(tbl, pkey, dev, 0, false, want_ref);
+ bool exempt_from_gc = !!(dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK);
+
+ return ___neigh_create(tbl, pkey, dev, 0, exempt_from_gc, want_ref);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__neigh_create);