diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 56e295e086e9..3bd509d06db7 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ nexthop_compat_mode - BOOLEAN
 
 fib_notify_on_flag_change - INTEGER
         Whether to emit RTM_NEWROUTE notifications whenever RTM_F_OFFLOAD/
-        RTM_F_TRAP flags are changed.
+        RTM_F_TRAP/RTM_F_OFFLOAD_FAILED flags are changed.
 
         After installing a route to the kernel, user space receives an
         acknowledgment, which means the route was installed in the kernel,
@@ -1532,6 +1532,7 @@ fib_notify_on_flag_change - INTEGER
 
         - 0 - Do not emit notifications.
         - 1 - Emit notifications.
+        - 2 - Emit notifications only for RTM_F_OFFLOAD_FAILED flag change.
 
 IPv6 Fragmentation:
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index fe84dc95d5cc..eb0a05778890 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -6140,6 +6140,12 @@ void fib6_info_hw_flags_set(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *f6i,
 
 	f6i->offload = offload;
 	f6i->trap = trap;
+
+	/* 2 means send notifications only if offload_failed was changed. */
+	if (net->ipv6.sysctl.fib_notify_on_flag_change == 2 &&
+	    f6i->offload_failed == offload_failed)
+		return;
+
 	f6i->offload_failed = offload_failed;
 
 	if (!rcu_access_pointer(f6i->fib6_node))
diff --git a/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
index 0bfeb6ef585c..d6c4d63d2ebb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv6_table_template[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.extra1         = &zero,
-		.extra2         = &one,
+		.extra2         = &two,
 	},
 	{ }
 };