diff --git a/include/trace/events/fib6.h b/include/trace/events/fib6.h
index 7e8d48a81b91..1b8d951e3c12 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/fib6.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/fib6.h
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 
 TRACE_EVENT(fib6_table_lookup,
 
-	TP_PROTO(const struct net *net, const struct rt6_info *rt,
+	TP_PROTO(const struct net *net, const struct fib6_info *f6i,
 		 struct fib6_table *table, const struct flowi6 *flp),
 
-	TP_ARGS(net, rt, table, flp),
+	TP_ARGS(net, f6i, table, flp),
 
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field(	u32,	tb_id		)
@@ -48,20 +48,20 @@ TRACE_EVENT(fib6_table_lookup,
 		in6 = (struct in6_addr *)__entry->dst;
 		*in6 = flp->daddr;
 
-		if (rt->rt6i_idev) {
-			__assign_str(name, rt->rt6i_idev->dev->name);
+		if (f6i->fib6_nh.nh_dev) {
+			__assign_str(name, f6i->fib6_nh.nh_dev);
 		} else {
 			__assign_str(name, "");
 		}
-		if (rt == net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry) {
+		if (f6i == net->ipv6.fib6_null_entry) {
 			struct in6_addr in6_zero = {};
 
 			in6 = (struct in6_addr *)__entry->gw;
 			*in6 = in6_zero;
 
-		} else if (rt) {
+		} else if (f6i) {
 			in6 = (struct in6_addr *)__entry->gw;
-			*in6 = rt->rt6i_gateway;
+			*in6 = f6i->fib6_nh.nh_gw;
 		}
 	),
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 019d8ba9021e..73f9c29a5878 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -1078,6 +1078,8 @@ restart:
 			goto restart;
 	}
 
+	trace_fib6_table_lookup(net, f6i, table, fl6);
+
 	/* Search through exception table */
 	rt = rt6_find_cached_rt(f6i, &fl6->daddr, &fl6->saddr);
 	if (rt) {
@@ -1096,8 +1098,6 @@ restart:
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	trace_fib6_table_lookup(net, rt, table, fl6);
-
 	return rt;
 }
 
@@ -1827,6 +1827,8 @@ redo_rt6_select:
 		}
 	}
 
+	trace_fib6_table_lookup(net, f6i, table, fl6);
+
 	return f6i;
 }
 
@@ -1853,7 +1855,6 @@ struct rt6_info *ip6_pol_route(struct net *net, struct fib6_table *table,
 		rt = net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry;
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		dst_hold(&rt->dst);
-		trace_fib6_table_lookup(net, rt, table, fl6);
 		return rt;
 	}
 
@@ -1864,7 +1865,6 @@ struct rt6_info *ip6_pol_route(struct net *net, struct fib6_table *table,
 			dst_use_noref(&rt->dst, jiffies);
 
 		rcu_read_unlock();
-		trace_fib6_table_lookup(net, rt, table, fl6);
 		return rt;
 	} else if (unlikely((fl6->flowi6_flags & FLOWI_FLAG_KNOWN_NH) &&
 			    !(f6i->fib6_flags & RTF_GATEWAY))) {
@@ -1890,9 +1890,7 @@ struct rt6_info *ip6_pol_route(struct net *net, struct fib6_table *table,
 			dst_hold(&uncached_rt->dst);
 		}
 
-		trace_fib6_table_lookup(net, uncached_rt, table, fl6);
 		return uncached_rt;
-
 	} else {
 		/* Get a percpu copy */
 
@@ -1906,7 +1904,7 @@ struct rt6_info *ip6_pol_route(struct net *net, struct fib6_table *table,
 
 		local_bh_enable();
 		rcu_read_unlock();
-		trace_fib6_table_lookup(net, pcpu_rt, table, fl6);
+
 		return pcpu_rt;
 	}
 }
@@ -2491,7 +2489,7 @@ out:
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	trace_fib6_table_lookup(net, ret, table, fl6);
+	trace_fib6_table_lookup(net, rt, table, fl6);
 	return ret;
 };