diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index 1ba42bd65577..44b4c87e5cce 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -1151,10 +1151,6 @@ static void ndisc_router_discovery(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			   skb->dev->name);
 		return;
 	}
-	if (in6_dev->cnf.forwarding || !in6_dev->cnf.accept_ra) {
-		in6_dev_put(in6_dev);
-		return;
-	}
 
 	if (!ndisc_parse_options(opt, optlen, &ndopts)) {
 		in6_dev_put(in6_dev);
@@ -1163,6 +1159,10 @@ static void ndisc_router_discovery(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/* skip route and link configuration on routers */
+	if (in6_dev->cnf.forwarding || !in6_dev->cnf.accept_ra)
+		goto skip_linkparms;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_NDISC_NODETYPE
 	/* skip link-specific parameters from interior routers */
 	if (skb->ndisc_nodetype == NDISC_NODETYPE_NODEFAULT)
@@ -1283,9 +1283,7 @@ skip_defrtr:
 		}
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_NDISC_NODETYPE
 skip_linkparms:
-#endif
 
 	/*
 	 *	Process options.
@@ -1312,6 +1310,10 @@ skip_linkparms:
 			     NEIGH_UPDATE_F_ISROUTER);
 	}
 
+	/* skip route and link configuration on routers */
+	if (in6_dev->cnf.forwarding || !in6_dev->cnf.accept_ra)
+		goto out;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_ROUTE_INFO
 	if (in6_dev->cnf.accept_ra_rtr_pref && ndopts.nd_opts_ri) {
 		struct nd_opt_hdr *p;