diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 1a5ab21bcca5..00d26d919459 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1340,6 +1340,14 @@ accept_ra_from_local - BOOLEAN
 	   disabled if accept_ra_from_local is disabled
                on a specific interface.
 
+accept_ra_min_hop_limit - INTEGER
+	Minimum hop limit Information in Router Advertisement.
+
+	Hop limit Information in Router Advertisement less than this
+	variable shall be ignored.
+
+	Default: 1
+
 accept_ra_pinfo - BOOLEAN
 	Learn Prefix Information in Router Advertisement.
 
diff --git a/include/linux/ipv6.h b/include/linux/ipv6.h
index 06ed637225b8..cb9dcad72372 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipv6.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ struct ipv6_devconf {
 	__s32		max_desync_factor;
 	__s32		max_addresses;
 	__s32		accept_ra_defrtr;
+	__s32		accept_ra_min_hop_limit;
 	__s32		accept_ra_pinfo;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_ROUTER_PREF
 	__s32		accept_ra_rtr_pref;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ipv6.h b/include/uapi/linux/ipv6.h
index 641a146ead7d..80f3b74446a1 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ipv6.h
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ enum {
 	DEVCONF_ACCEPT_RA_MTU,
 	DEVCONF_STABLE_SECRET,
 	DEVCONF_USE_OIF_ADDRS_ONLY,
+	DEVCONF_ACCEPT_RA_MIN_HOP_LIMIT,
 	DEVCONF_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index eb0c6a3a8a00..53e3a9d756b0 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ static struct ipv6_devconf ipv6_devconf __read_mostly = {
 	.max_addresses		= IPV6_MAX_ADDRESSES,
 	.accept_ra_defrtr	= 1,
 	.accept_ra_from_local	= 0,
+	.accept_ra_min_hop_limit= 1,
 	.accept_ra_pinfo	= 1,
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_ROUTER_PREF
 	.accept_ra_rtr_pref	= 1,
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ static struct ipv6_devconf ipv6_devconf_dflt __read_mostly = {
 	.max_addresses		= IPV6_MAX_ADDRESSES,
 	.accept_ra_defrtr	= 1,
 	.accept_ra_from_local	= 0,
+	.accept_ra_min_hop_limit= 1,
 	.accept_ra_pinfo	= 1,
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_ROUTER_PREF
 	.accept_ra_rtr_pref	= 1,
@@ -4588,6 +4590,7 @@ static inline void ipv6_store_devconf(struct ipv6_devconf *cnf,
 	array[DEVCONF_MAX_DESYNC_FACTOR] = cnf->max_desync_factor;
 	array[DEVCONF_MAX_ADDRESSES] = cnf->max_addresses;
 	array[DEVCONF_ACCEPT_RA_DEFRTR] = cnf->accept_ra_defrtr;
+	array[DEVCONF_ACCEPT_RA_MIN_HOP_LIMIT] = cnf->accept_ra_min_hop_limit;
 	array[DEVCONF_ACCEPT_RA_PINFO] = cnf->accept_ra_pinfo;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_ROUTER_PREF
 	array[DEVCONF_ACCEPT_RA_RTR_PREF] = cnf->accept_ra_rtr_pref;
@@ -5484,6 +5487,13 @@ static struct addrconf_sysctl_table
 			.mode		= 0644,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 		},
+		{
+			.procname	= "accept_ra_min_hop_limit",
+			.data		= &ipv6_devconf.accept_ra_min_hop_limit,
+			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+			.mode		= 0644,
+			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		},
 		{
 			.procname	= "accept_ra_pinfo",
 			.data		= &ipv6_devconf.accept_ra_pinfo,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index 0a05b35a90fc..6e184e02fd3c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -1225,18 +1225,16 @@ static void ndisc_router_discovery(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	if (rt)
 		rt6_set_expires(rt, jiffies + (HZ * lifetime));
-	if (ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit) {
-		/* Only set hop_limit on the interface if it is higher than
-		 * the current hop_limit.
-		 */
-		if (in6_dev->cnf.hop_limit < ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit) {
+	if (in6_dev->cnf.accept_ra_min_hop_limit < 256 &&
+	    ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit) {
+		if (in6_dev->cnf.accept_ra_min_hop_limit <= ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit) {
 			in6_dev->cnf.hop_limit = ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit;
+			if (rt)
+				dst_metric_set(&rt->dst, RTAX_HOPLIMIT,
+					       ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit);
 		} else {
-			ND_PRINTK(2, warn, "RA: Got route advertisement with lower hop_limit than current\n");
+			ND_PRINTK(2, warn, "RA: Got route advertisement with lower hop_limit than minimum\n");
 		}
-		if (rt)
-			dst_metric_set(&rt->dst, RTAX_HOPLIMIT,
-				       ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit);
 	}
 
 skip_defrtr: