diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index f083d9faba6b1e..952c2bf1170942 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -6343,12 +6343,12 @@ static int ipv6_sysctl_rtcache_flush(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 	if (!write)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	net = (struct net *)ctl->extra1;
-	delay = net->ipv6.sysctl.flush_delay;
 	ret = proc_dointvec(ctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	net = (struct net *)ctl->extra1;
+	delay = net->ipv6.sysctl.flush_delay;
 	fib6_run_gc(delay <= 0 ? 0 : (unsigned long)delay, net, delay > 0);
 	return 0;
 }