diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index a2aec2c0cfb5..b358c704d102 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ enum rt_class_t
 {
 	RT_TABLE_UNSPEC=0,
 /* User defined values */
+	RT_TABLE_COMPAT=252,
 	RT_TABLE_DEFAULT=253,
 	RT_TABLE_MAIN=254,
 	RT_TABLE_LOCAL=255,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 3b83c34019fc..0d4d72827e4b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -960,7 +960,10 @@ int fib_dump_info(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq, int event,
 	rtm->rtm_dst_len = dst_len;
 	rtm->rtm_src_len = 0;
 	rtm->rtm_tos = tos;
-	rtm->rtm_table = tb_id;
+	if (tb_id < 256)
+		rtm->rtm_table = tb_id;
+	else
+		rtm->rtm_table = RT_TABLE_COMPAT;
 	NLA_PUT_U32(skb, RTA_TABLE, tb_id);
 	rtm->rtm_type = type;
 	rtm->rtm_flags = fi->fib_flags;