diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 55ca2e5218280c..871c035be31f26 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ static int fib_check_nh_v4_gw(struct net *net, struct fib_nh *nh, u32 table,
 		if (fl4.flowi4_scope < RT_SCOPE_LINK)
 			fl4.flowi4_scope = RT_SCOPE_LINK;
 
-		if (table)
+		if (table && table != RT_TABLE_MAIN)
 			tbl = fib_get_table(net, table);
 
 		if (tbl)