diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 53db8daa7385..96f4351b55a6 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2734,7 +2734,7 @@ void addrconf_prefix_rcv(struct net_device *dev, u8 *opt, int len, bool sllao)
 	}
 
 	if (valid_lft != 0 && valid_lft < in6_dev->cnf.accept_ra_min_lft)
-		return;
+		goto put;
 
 	/*
 	 *	Two things going on here: