diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 22e246ff910e..4e1e6ef72464 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1831,7 +1831,8 @@ int ipv6_dev_get_saddr(struct net *net, const struct net_device *dst_dev,
 							    master, &dst,
 							    scores, hiscore_idx);
 
-			if (scores[hiscore_idx].ifa)
+			if (scores[hiscore_idx].ifa &&
+			    scores[hiscore_idx].scopedist >= 0)
 				goto out;
 		}