diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 6e2af411cd9c..c75274e0745c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -1050,8 +1050,7 @@ static int fib6_add_rt2node(struct fib6_node *fn, struct fib6_info *rt,
 					found++;
 					break;
 				}
-				if (rt_can_ecmp)
-					fallback_ins = fallback_ins ?: ins;
+				fallback_ins = fallback_ins ?: ins;
 				goto next_iter;
 			}
 
@@ -1094,7 +1093,9 @@ 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 = rcu_dereference_protected(*ins,
 				    lockdep_is_held(&rt->fib6_table->tb6_lock));
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_tests.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_tests.sh
index 76c1897e6352..474638ef2697 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_tests.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_tests.sh
@@ -910,6 +910,12 @@ ipv6_rt_replace_mpath()
 	check_route6 "2001:db8:104::/64 via 2001:db8:101::3 dev veth1 metric 1024"
 	log_test $? 0 "Multipath with single path via multipath attribute"
 
+	# multipath with dev-only
+	add_initial_route6 "nexthop via 2001:db8:101::2 nexthop via 2001:db8:103::2"
+	run_cmd "$IP -6 ro replace 2001:db8:104::/64 dev veth1"
+	check_route6 "2001:db8:104::/64 dev veth1 metric 1024"
+	log_test $? 0 "Multipath with dev-only"
+
 	# route replace fails - invalid nexthop 1
 	add_initial_route6 "nexthop via 2001:db8:101::2 nexthop via 2001:db8:103::2"
 	run_cmd "$IP -6 ro replace 2001:db8:104::/64 nexthop via 2001:db8:111::3 nexthop via 2001:db8:103::3"