diff --git a/net/ipv6/ila/ila_lwt.c b/net/ipv6/ila/ila_lwt.c
index ff7e734e335b..ac4bcc623603 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ila/ila_lwt.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ila/ila_lwt.c
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ static int ila_output(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			goto drop;
 		}
 
-		if (ilwt->connected) {
+		/* cache only if we don't create a dst reference loop */
+		if (ilwt->connected && orig_dst->lwtstate != dst->lwtstate) {
 			local_bh_disable();
 			dst_cache_set_ip6(&ilwt->dst_cache, dst, &fl6.saddr);
 			local_bh_enable();