diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index 360b12e61850..323c94f1845b 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ struct fib6_info {
 
 	refcount_t			fib6_ref;
 	unsigned long			expires;
+
+	struct hlist_node		gc_link;
+
 	struct dst_metrics		*fib6_metrics;
 #define fib6_pmtu		fib6_metrics->metrics[RTAX_MTU-1]
 
@@ -241,12 +244,18 @@ static inline bool fib6_requires_src(const struct fib6_info *rt)
 	return rt->fib6_src.plen > 0;
 }
 
+/* The callers should hold f6i->fib6_table->tb6_lock if a route has ever
+ * been added to a table before.
+ */
 static inline void fib6_clean_expires(struct fib6_info *f6i)
 {
 	f6i->fib6_flags &= ~RTF_EXPIRES;
 	f6i->expires = 0;
 }
 
+/* The callers should hold f6i->fib6_table->tb6_lock if a route has ever
+ * been added to a table before.
+ */
 static inline void fib6_set_expires(struct fib6_info *f6i,
 				    unsigned long expires)
 {
@@ -327,8 +336,10 @@ static inline bool fib6_info_hold_safe(struct fib6_info *f6i)
 
 static inline void fib6_info_release(struct fib6_info *f6i)
 {
-	if (f6i && refcount_dec_and_test(&f6i->fib6_ref))
+	if (f6i && refcount_dec_and_test(&f6i->fib6_ref)) {
+		DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(!hlist_unhashed(&f6i->gc_link));
 		call_rcu(&f6i->rcu, fib6_info_destroy_rcu);
+	}
 }
 
 enum fib6_walk_state {
@@ -382,6 +393,7 @@ struct fib6_table {
 	struct inet_peer_base	tb6_peers;
 	unsigned int		flags;
 	unsigned int		fib_seq;
+	struct hlist_head       tb6_gc_hlist;	/* GC candidates */
 #define RT6_TABLE_HAS_DFLT_ROUTER	BIT(0)
 };
 
@@ -498,6 +510,38 @@ void fib6_gc_cleanup(void);
 
 int fib6_init(void);
 
+/* Add the route to the gc list if it is not already there
+ *
+ * The callers should hold f6i->fib6_table->tb6_lock.
+ */
+static inline void fib6_add_gc_list(struct fib6_info *f6i)
+{
+	/* If fib6_node is null, the f6i is not in (or removed from) the
+	 * table.
+	 *
+	 * There is a gap between finding the f6i from the table and
+	 * calling this function without the protection of the tb6_lock.
+	 * This check makes sure the f6i is not added to the gc list when
+	 * it is not on the table.
+	 */
+	if (!rcu_dereference_protected(f6i->fib6_node,
+				       lockdep_is_held(&f6i->fib6_table->tb6_lock)))
+		return;
+
+	if (hlist_unhashed(&f6i->gc_link))
+		hlist_add_head(&f6i->gc_link, &f6i->fib6_table->tb6_gc_hlist);
+}
+
+/* Remove the route from the gc list if it is on the list.
+ *
+ * The callers should hold f6i->fib6_table->tb6_lock.
+ */
+static inline void fib6_remove_gc_list(struct fib6_info *f6i)
+{
+	if (!hlist_unhashed(&f6i->gc_link))
+		hlist_del_init(&f6i->gc_link);
+}
+
 struct ipv6_route_iter {
 	struct seq_net_private p;
 	struct fib6_walker w;
diff --git a/include/net/ip6_route.h b/include/net/ip6_route.h
index 28b065790261..52a51c69aa9d 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_route.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_route.h
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ struct fib6_info *rt6_get_dflt_router(struct net *net,
 struct fib6_info *rt6_add_dflt_router(struct net *net,
 				     const struct in6_addr *gwaddr,
 				     struct net_device *dev, unsigned int pref,
-				     u32 defrtr_usr_metric);
+				     u32 defrtr_usr_metric,
+				     int lifetime);
 
 void rt6_purge_dflt_routers(struct net *net);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index d63f5d063f07..ca1b719323c0 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1255,6 +1255,7 @@ static void
 cleanup_prefix_route(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp, unsigned long expires,
 		     bool del_rt, bool del_peer)
 {
+	struct fib6_table *table;
 	struct fib6_info *f6i;
 
 	f6i = addrconf_get_prefix_route(del_peer ? &ifp->peer_addr : &ifp->addr,
@@ -1264,8 +1265,15 @@ cleanup_prefix_route(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp, unsigned long expires,
 		if (del_rt)
 			ip6_del_rt(dev_net(ifp->idev->dev), f6i, false);
 		else {
-			if (!(f6i->fib6_flags & RTF_EXPIRES))
+			if (!(f6i->fib6_flags & RTF_EXPIRES)) {
+				table = f6i->fib6_table;
+				spin_lock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
+
 				fib6_set_expires(f6i, expires);
+				fib6_add_gc_list(f6i);
+
+				spin_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
+			}
 			fib6_info_release(f6i);
 		}
 	}
@@ -2706,6 +2714,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(addrconf_prefix_rcv_add_addr);
 void addrconf_prefix_rcv(struct net_device *dev, u8 *opt, int len, bool sllao)
 {
 	struct prefix_info *pinfo;
+	struct fib6_table *table;
 	__u32 valid_lft;
 	__u32 prefered_lft;
 	int addr_type, err;
@@ -2782,11 +2791,20 @@ void addrconf_prefix_rcv(struct net_device *dev, u8 *opt, int len, bool sllao)
 			if (valid_lft == 0) {
 				ip6_del_rt(net, rt, false);
 				rt = NULL;
-			} else if (addrconf_finite_timeout(rt_expires)) {
-				/* not infinity */
-				fib6_set_expires(rt, jiffies + rt_expires);
 			} else {
-				fib6_clean_expires(rt);
+				table = rt->fib6_table;
+				spin_lock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
+
+				if (addrconf_finite_timeout(rt_expires)) {
+					/* not infinity */
+					fib6_set_expires(rt, jiffies + rt_expires);
+					fib6_add_gc_list(rt);
+				} else {
+					fib6_clean_expires(rt);
+					fib6_remove_gc_list(rt);
+				}
+
+				spin_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
 			}
 		} else if (valid_lft) {
 			clock_t expires = 0;
@@ -4741,6 +4759,7 @@ static int modify_prefix_route(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp,
 			       unsigned long expires, u32 flags,
 			       bool modify_peer)
 {
+	struct fib6_table *table;
 	struct fib6_info *f6i;
 	u32 prio;
 
@@ -4761,10 +4780,18 @@ static int modify_prefix_route(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp,
 				      ifp->rt_priority, ifp->idev->dev,
 				      expires, flags, GFP_KERNEL);
 	} else {
-		if (!expires)
+		table = f6i->fib6_table;
+		spin_lock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
+
+		if (!(flags & RTF_EXPIRES)) {
 			fib6_clean_expires(f6i);
-		else
+			fib6_remove_gc_list(f6i);
+		} else {
 			fib6_set_expires(f6i, expires);
+			fib6_add_gc_list(f6i);
+		}
+
+		spin_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
 
 		fib6_info_release(f6i);
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 38a0348b1d17..805bbf26b3ef 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ struct fib6_info *fib6_info_alloc(gfp_t gfp_flags, bool with_fib6_nh)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&f6i->fib6_siblings);
 	refcount_set(&f6i->fib6_ref, 1);
 
+	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&f6i->gc_link);
+
 	return f6i;
 }
 
@@ -246,6 +248,7 @@ static struct fib6_table *fib6_alloc_table(struct net *net, u32 id)
 				   net->ipv6.fib6_null_entry);
 		table->tb6_root.fn_flags = RTN_ROOT | RTN_TL_ROOT | RTN_RTINFO;
 		inet_peer_base_init(&table->tb6_peers);
+		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&table->tb6_gc_hlist);
 	}
 
 	return table;
@@ -1055,6 +1058,9 @@ static void fib6_purge_rt(struct fib6_info *rt, struct fib6_node *fn,
 				    lockdep_is_held(&table->tb6_lock));
 		}
 	}
+
+	fib6_clean_expires(rt);
+	fib6_remove_gc_list(rt);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1115,10 +1121,13 @@ static int fib6_add_rt2node(struct fib6_node *fn, struct fib6_info *rt,
 					rt->fib6_nsiblings = 0;
 				if (!(iter->fib6_flags & RTF_EXPIRES))
 					return -EEXIST;
-				if (!(rt->fib6_flags & RTF_EXPIRES))
+				if (!(rt->fib6_flags & RTF_EXPIRES)) {
 					fib6_clean_expires(iter);
-				else
+					fib6_remove_gc_list(iter);
+				} else {
 					fib6_set_expires(iter, rt->expires);
+					fib6_add_gc_list(iter);
+				}
 
 				if (rt->fib6_pmtu)
 					fib6_metric_set(iter, RTAX_MTU,
@@ -1477,6 +1486,10 @@ int fib6_add(struct fib6_node *root, struct fib6_info *rt,
 		if (rt->nh)
 			list_add(&rt->nh_list, &rt->nh->f6i_list);
 		__fib6_update_sernum_upto_root(rt, fib6_new_sernum(info->nl_net));
+
+		if (rt->fib6_flags & RTF_EXPIRES)
+			fib6_add_gc_list(rt);
+
 		fib6_start_gc(info->nl_net, rt);
 	}
 
@@ -2280,9 +2293,8 @@ static void fib6_flush_trees(struct net *net)
  *	Garbage collection
  */
 
-static int fib6_age(struct fib6_info *rt, void *arg)
+static int fib6_age(struct fib6_info *rt, struct fib6_gc_args *gc_args)
 {
-	struct fib6_gc_args *gc_args = arg;
 	unsigned long now = jiffies;
 
 	/*
@@ -2307,6 +2319,42 @@ static int fib6_age(struct fib6_info *rt, void *arg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void fib6_gc_table(struct net *net,
+			  struct fib6_table *tb6,
+			  struct fib6_gc_args *gc_args)
+{
+	struct fib6_info *rt;
+	struct hlist_node *n;
+	struct nl_info info = {
+		.nl_net = net,
+		.skip_notify = false,
+	};
+
+	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(rt, n, &tb6->tb6_gc_hlist, gc_link)
+		if (fib6_age(rt, gc_args) == -1)
+			fib6_del(rt, &info);
+}
+
+static void fib6_gc_all(struct net *net, struct fib6_gc_args *gc_args)
+{
+	struct fib6_table *table;
+	struct hlist_head *head;
+	unsigned int h;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	for (h = 0; h < FIB6_TABLE_HASHSZ; h++) {
+		head = &net->ipv6.fib_table_hash[h];
+		hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(table, head, tb6_hlist) {
+			spin_lock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
+
+			fib6_gc_table(net, table, gc_args);
+
+			spin_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
+		}
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
 void fib6_run_gc(unsigned long expires, struct net *net, bool force)
 {
 	struct fib6_gc_args gc_args;
@@ -2322,7 +2370,7 @@ void fib6_run_gc(unsigned long expires, struct net *net, bool force)
 			  net->ipv6.sysctl.ip6_rt_gc_interval;
 	gc_args.more = 0;
 
-	fib6_clean_all(net, fib6_age, &gc_args);
+	fib6_gc_all(net, &gc_args);
 	now = jiffies;
 	net->ipv6.ip6_rt_last_gc = now;
 
@@ -2382,6 +2430,7 @@ static int __net_init fib6_net_init(struct net *net)
 	net->ipv6.fib6_main_tbl->tb6_root.fn_flags =
 		RTN_ROOT | RTN_TL_ROOT | RTN_RTINFO;
 	inet_peer_base_init(&net->ipv6.fib6_main_tbl->tb6_peers);
+	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&net->ipv6.fib6_main_tbl->tb6_gc_hlist);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES
 	net->ipv6.fib6_local_tbl = kzalloc(sizeof(*net->ipv6.fib6_local_tbl),
@@ -2394,6 +2443,7 @@ static int __net_init fib6_net_init(struct net *net)
 	net->ipv6.fib6_local_tbl->tb6_root.fn_flags =
 		RTN_ROOT | RTN_TL_ROOT | RTN_RTINFO;
 	inet_peer_base_init(&net->ipv6.fib6_local_tbl->tb6_peers);
+	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&net->ipv6.fib6_local_tbl->tb6_gc_hlist);
 #endif
 	fib6_tables_init(net);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index a19999b30bc0..73cb31afe935 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -1237,6 +1237,7 @@ static enum skb_drop_reason ndisc_router_discovery(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct ndisc_options ndopts;
 	struct fib6_info *rt = NULL;
 	struct inet6_dev *in6_dev;
+	struct fib6_table *table;
 	u32 defrtr_usr_metric;
 	unsigned int pref = 0;
 	__u32 old_if_flags;
@@ -1382,7 +1383,8 @@ static enum skb_drop_reason ndisc_router_discovery(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			neigh_release(neigh);
 
 		rt = rt6_add_dflt_router(net, &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr,
-					 skb->dev, pref, defrtr_usr_metric);
+					 skb->dev, pref, defrtr_usr_metric,
+					 lifetime);
 		if (!rt) {
 			ND_PRINTK(0, err,
 				  "RA: %s failed to add default route\n",
@@ -1409,8 +1411,15 @@ static enum skb_drop_reason ndisc_router_discovery(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		inet6_rt_notify(RTM_NEWROUTE, rt, &nlinfo, NLM_F_REPLACE);
 	}
 
-	if (rt)
+	if (rt) {
+		table = rt->fib6_table;
+		spin_lock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
+
 		fib6_set_expires(rt, jiffies + (HZ * lifetime));
+		fib6_add_gc_list(rt);
+
+		spin_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
+	}
 	if (in6_dev->cnf.accept_ra_min_hop_limit < 256 &&
 	    ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit) {
 		if (in6_dev->cnf.accept_ra_min_hop_limit <= ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit) {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 63b4c6056582..707d65bc9c0e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -931,6 +931,7 @@ int rt6_route_rcv(struct net_device *dev, u8 *opt, int len,
 	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
 	struct route_info *rinfo = (struct route_info *) opt;
 	struct in6_addr prefix_buf, *prefix;
+	struct fib6_table *table;
 	unsigned int pref;
 	unsigned long lifetime;
 	struct fib6_info *rt;
@@ -989,10 +990,18 @@ int rt6_route_rcv(struct net_device *dev, u8 *opt, int len,
 				 (rt->fib6_flags & ~RTF_PREF_MASK) | RTF_PREF(pref);
 
 	if (rt) {
-		if (!addrconf_finite_timeout(lifetime))
+		table = rt->fib6_table;
+		spin_lock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
+
+		if (!addrconf_finite_timeout(lifetime)) {
 			fib6_clean_expires(rt);
-		else
+			fib6_remove_gc_list(rt);
+		} else {
 			fib6_set_expires(rt, jiffies + HZ * lifetime);
+			fib6_add_gc_list(rt);
+		}
+
+		spin_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
 
 		fib6_info_release(rt);
 	}
@@ -3765,8 +3774,6 @@ static struct fib6_info *ip6_route_info_create(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 	if (cfg->fc_flags & RTF_EXPIRES)
 		fib6_set_expires(rt, jiffies +
 				clock_t_to_jiffies(cfg->fc_expires));
-	else
-		fib6_clean_expires(rt);
 
 	if (cfg->fc_protocol == RTPROT_UNSPEC)
 		cfg->fc_protocol = RTPROT_BOOT;
@@ -4355,7 +4362,8 @@ struct fib6_info *rt6_add_dflt_router(struct net *net,
 				     const struct in6_addr *gwaddr,
 				     struct net_device *dev,
 				     unsigned int pref,
-				     u32 defrtr_usr_metric)
+				     u32 defrtr_usr_metric,
+				     int lifetime)
 {
 	struct fib6_config cfg = {
 		.fc_table	= l3mdev_fib_table(dev) ? : RT6_TABLE_DFLT,
@@ -4368,6 +4376,7 @@ struct fib6_info *rt6_add_dflt_router(struct net *net,
 		.fc_nlinfo.portid = 0,
 		.fc_nlinfo.nlh = NULL,
 		.fc_nlinfo.nl_net = net,
+		.fc_expires = jiffies_to_clock_t(lifetime * HZ),
 	};
 
 	cfg.fc_gateway = *gwaddr;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_tests.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_tests.sh
index b3ecccbbfcd2..3ec1050e47a2 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_tests.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_tests.sh
@@ -743,6 +743,43 @@ fib_notify_test()
 	cleanup &> /dev/null
 }
 
+# Create a new dummy_10 to remove all associated routes.
+reset_dummy_10()
+{
+	$IP link del dev dummy_10
+
+	$IP link add dummy_10 type dummy
+	$IP link set dev dummy_10 up
+	$IP -6 address add 2001:10::1/64 dev dummy_10
+}
+
+check_rt_num()
+{
+    local expected=$1
+    local num=$2
+
+    if [ $num -ne $expected ]; then
+	echo "FAIL: Expected $expected routes, got $num"
+	ret=1
+    else
+	ret=0
+    fi
+}
+
+check_rt_num_clean()
+{
+    local expected=$1
+    local num=$2
+
+    if [ $num -ne $expected ]; then
+	log_test 1 0 "expected $expected routes, got $num"
+	set +e
+	cleanup &> /dev/null
+	return 1
+    fi
+    return 0
+}
+
 fib6_gc_test()
 {
 	setup
@@ -751,7 +788,7 @@ fib6_gc_test()
 	echo "Fib6 garbage collection test"
 	set -e
 
-	EXPIRE=3
+	EXPIRE=5
 
 	# Check expiration of routes every $EXPIRE seconds (GC)
 	$NS_EXEC sysctl -wq net.ipv6.route.gc_interval=$EXPIRE
@@ -763,44 +800,114 @@ fib6_gc_test()
 	$NS_EXEC sysctl -wq net.ipv6.route.flush=1
 
 	# Temporary routes
-	for i in $(seq 1 1000); do
+	for i in $(seq 1 5); do
 	    # Expire route after $EXPIRE seconds
 	    $IP -6 route add 2001:20::$i \
 		via 2001:10::2 dev dummy_10 expires $EXPIRE
 	done
-	sleep $(($EXPIRE * 2))
-	N_EXP_SLEEP=$($IP -6 route list |grep expires|wc -l)
-	if [ $N_EXP_SLEEP -ne 0 ]; then
-	    echo "FAIL: expected 0 routes with expires, got $N_EXP_SLEEP"
-	    ret=1
-	else
-	    ret=0
-	fi
+	sleep $(($EXPIRE * 2 + 1))
+	$NS_EXEC sysctl -wq net.ipv6.route.flush=1
+	check_rt_num 0 $($IP -6 route list |grep expires|wc -l)
+	log_test $ret 0 "ipv6 route garbage collection"
+
+	reset_dummy_10
 
 	# Permanent routes
-	for i in $(seq 1 5000); do
+	for i in $(seq 1 5); do
 	    $IP -6 route add 2001:30::$i \
 		via 2001:10::2 dev dummy_10
 	done
 	# Temporary routes
-	for i in $(seq 1 1000); do
+	for i in $(seq 1 5); do
 	    # Expire route after $EXPIRE seconds
 	    $IP -6 route add 2001:20::$i \
 		via 2001:10::2 dev dummy_10 expires $EXPIRE
 	done
-	sleep $(($EXPIRE * 2))
-	N_EXP_SLEEP=$($IP -6 route list |grep expires|wc -l)
-	if [ $N_EXP_SLEEP -ne 0 ]; then
-	    echo "FAIL: expected 0 routes with expires," \
-		 "got $N_EXP_SLEEP (5000 permanent routes)"
-	    ret=1
-	else
-	    ret=0
+	sleep $(($EXPIRE * 2 + 1))
+	check_rt_num 0 $($IP -6 route list |grep expires|wc -l)
+	log_test $ret 0 "ipv6 route garbage collection (with permanent routes)"
+
+	reset_dummy_10
+
+	# Permanent routes
+	for i in $(seq 1 5); do
+	    $IP -6 route add 2001:20::$i \
+		via 2001:10::2 dev dummy_10
+	done
+	# Replace with temporary routes
+	for i in $(seq 1 5); do
+	    # Expire route after $EXPIRE seconds
+	    $IP -6 route replace 2001:20::$i \
+		via 2001:10::2 dev dummy_10 expires $EXPIRE
+	done
+	check_rt_num_clean 5 $($IP -6 route list |grep expires|wc -l) || return
+	# Wait for GC
+	sleep $(($EXPIRE * 2 + 1))
+	$NS_EXEC sysctl -wq net.ipv6.route.flush=1
+	check_rt_num 0 $($IP -6 route list |grep expires|wc -l)
+	log_test $ret 0 "ipv6 route garbage collection (replace with expires)"
+
+	reset_dummy_10
+
+	# Temporary routes
+	for i in $(seq 1 5); do
+	    # Expire route after $EXPIRE seconds
+	    $IP -6 route add 2001:20::$i \
+		via 2001:10::2 dev dummy_10 expires $EXPIRE
+	done
+	# Replace with permanent routes
+	for i in $(seq 1 5); do
+	    $IP -6 route replace 2001:20::$i \
+		via 2001:10::2 dev dummy_10
+	done
+	check_rt_num_clean 0 $($IP -6 route list |grep expires|wc -l) || return
+
+	# Wait for GC
+	sleep $(($EXPIRE * 2 + 1))
+
+	check_rt_num 5 $($IP -6 route list |grep -v expires|grep 2001:20::|wc -l)
+	log_test $ret 0 "ipv6 route garbage collection (replace with permanent)"
+
+	# ra6 is required for the next test. (ipv6toolkit)
+	if [ ! -x "$(command -v ra6)" ]; then
+	    echo "SKIP: ra6 not found."
+	    set +e
+	    cleanup &> /dev/null
+	    return
 	fi
 
-	set +e
+	# Delete dummy_10 and remove all routes
+	$IP link del dev dummy_10
 
-	log_test $ret 0 "ipv6 route garbage collection"
+	# Create a pair of veth devices to send a RA message from one
+	# device to another.
+	$IP link add veth1 type veth peer name veth2
+	$IP link set dev veth1 up
+	$IP link set dev veth2 up
+	$IP -6 address add 2001:10::1/64 dev veth1 nodad
+	$IP -6 address add 2001:10::2/64 dev veth2 nodad
+
+	# Make veth1 ready to receive RA messages.
+	$NS_EXEC sysctl -wq net.ipv6.conf.veth1.accept_ra=2
+
+	# Send a RA message with a route from veth2 to veth1.
+	$NS_EXEC ra6 -i veth2 -d 2001:10::1 -t $EXPIRE
+
+	# Wait for the RA message.
+	sleep 1
+
+	# systemd may mess up the test.  You syould make sure that
+	# systemd-networkd.service and systemd-networkd.socket are stopped.
+	check_rt_num_clean 1 $($IP -6 route list|grep expires|wc -l) || return
+
+	# Wait for GC
+	sleep $(($EXPIRE * 2 + 1))
+
+	$NS_EXEC sysctl -wq net.ipv6.route.flush=1
+	check_rt_num 0 $($IP -6 route list |grep expires|wc -l)
+	log_test $ret 0 "ipv6 route garbage collection (RA message)"
+
+	set +e
 
 	cleanup &> /dev/null
 }