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diff --git a/include/net/flow.h b/include/net/flow.h
index 64fd24836650..8109a159d1b3 100644
--- a/include/net/flow.h
+++ b/include/net/flow.h
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@
#include <linux/in6.h>
#include <linux/atomic.h>
+/*
+ * ifindex generation is per-net namespace, and loopback is
+ * always the 1st device in ns (see net_dev_init), thus any
+ * loopback device should get ifindex 1
+ */
+
+#define LOOPBACK_IFINDEX 1
+
struct flowi_common {
int flowic_oif;
int flowic_iif;
@@ -80,7 +88,7 @@ static inline void flowi4_init_output(struct flowi4 *fl4, int oif,
__be16 dport, __be16 sport)
{
fl4->flowi4_oif = oif;
- fl4->flowi4_iif = 0;
+ fl4->flowi4_iif = LOOPBACK_IFINDEX;
fl4->flowi4_mark = mark;
fl4->flowi4_tos = tos;
fl4->flowi4_scope = scope;