diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 498d5a929d6f..3c1e42d49520 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ static int fib_check_nh(struct fib_config *cfg, struct fib_info *fi,
 			if (fl4.flowi4_scope < RT_SCOPE_LINK)
 				fl4.flowi4_scope = RT_SCOPE_LINK;
 
-			if (cfg->fc_table)
+			if (cfg->fc_table && cfg->fc_table != RT_TABLE_MAIN)
 				tbl = fib_get_table(net, cfg->fc_table);
 
 			if (tbl)