diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index dde77f72e03e..71c78d223dfd 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ void fib_modify_prefix_metric(struct in_ifaddr *ifa, u32 new_metric)
 	if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP) ||
 	    ifa->ifa_flags & (IFA_F_SECONDARY | IFA_F_NOPREFIXROUTE) ||
 	    ipv4_is_zeronet(prefix) ||
-	    prefix == ifa->ifa_local || ifa->ifa_prefixlen == 32)
+	    (prefix == ifa->ifa_local && ifa->ifa_prefixlen == 32))
 		return;
 
 	/* add the new */