diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index a3ef2ad..fd44184 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static struct dst_ops ip6_dst_blackhole_ops = {
 };

 static const u32 ip6_template_metrics[RTAX_MAX] = {
-	[RTAX_HOPLIMIT - 1] = 255,
+	[RTAX_HOPLIMIT - 1] = 0,
 };

 static struct rt6_info ip6_null_entry_template = {
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ struct dst_entry *icmp6_dst_alloc(struct net_device *dev,
 	rt->rt6i_dst.addr = fl6->daddr;
 	rt->rt6i_dst.plen = 128;
 	rt->rt6i_idev     = idev;
-	dst_metric_set(&rt->dst, RTAX_HOPLIMIT, 255);
+	dst_metric_set(&rt->dst, RTAX_HOPLIMIT, 0);

 	spin_lock_bh(&icmp6_dst_lock);
 	rt->dst.next = icmp6_dst_gc_list;