diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 189cc78c77eb..318fc5231b2b 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -704,6 +704,8 @@ int rtnetlink_put_metrics(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 *metrics)
 			} else if (i == RTAX_FEATURES - 1) {
 				u32 user_features = metrics[i] & RTAX_FEATURE_MASK;
 
+				if (!user_features)
+					continue;
 				BUILD_BUG_ON(RTAX_FEATURE_MASK & DST_FEATURE_MASK);
 				if (nla_put_u32(skb, i + 1, user_features))
 					goto nla_put_failure;