diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 3984f52181f4..75d3b8c1e856 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ static int ipv6_count_addresses(struct inet6_dev *idev)
 int ipv6_chk_addr(struct net *net, struct in6_addr *addr,
 		  struct net_device *dev, int strict)
 {
-	struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp = NULL;
+	struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp;
 	struct hlist_node *node;
 	unsigned int hash = ipv6_addr_hash(addr);
 
@@ -1283,15 +1283,16 @@ int ipv6_chk_addr(struct net *net, struct in6_addr *addr,
 		if (!net_eq(dev_net(ifp->idev->dev), net))
 			continue;
 		if (ipv6_addr_equal(&ifp->addr, addr) &&
-		    !(ifp->flags&IFA_F_TENTATIVE)) {
-			if (dev == NULL || ifp->idev->dev == dev ||
-			    !(ifp->scope&(IFA_LINK|IFA_HOST) || strict))
-				break;
+		    !(ifp->flags&IFA_F_TENTATIVE) &&
+		    (dev == NULL || ifp->idev->dev == dev ||
+		     !(ifp->scope&(IFA_LINK|IFA_HOST) || strict))) {
+			rcu_read_unlock_bh();
+			return 1;
 		}
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
 
-	return ifp != NULL;
+	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipv6_chk_addr);