diff --git a/include/linux/mroute.h b/include/linux/mroute.h
index 5566580811ce6f858a272ced6ab0b82510aec105..b072a84fbe1c78993a971bfdea94383c1708e7a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/mroute.h
+++ b/include/linux/mroute.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/pim.h>
 #include <linux/rhashtable.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
+#include <net/fib_rules.h>
 #include <net/fib_notifier.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/mroute.h>
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ int ip_mroute_getsockopt(struct sock *, int, char __user *, int __user *);
 int ipmr_ioctl(struct sock *sk, int cmd, void __user *arg);
 int ipmr_compat_ioctl(struct sock *sk, unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg);
 int ip_mr_init(void);
+bool ipmr_rule_default(const struct fib_rule *rule);
 #else
 static inline int ip_mroute_setsockopt(struct sock *sock, int optname,
 				       char __user *optval, unsigned int optlen)
@@ -46,6 +48,11 @@ static inline int ip_mroute_opt(int opt)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static inline bool ipmr_rule_default(const struct fib_rule *rule)
+{
+	return true;
+}
 #endif
 
 struct vif_device {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index 2a795d2c050294eba6fcbb09b0e864f3560fa3a1..292a8e80bdfaa8242240ace8ee6b35e51d541239 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -274,6 +274,12 @@ static unsigned int ipmr_rules_seq_read(struct net *net)
 {
 	return fib_rules_seq_read(net, RTNL_FAMILY_IPMR);
 }
+
+bool ipmr_rule_default(const struct fib_rule *rule)
+{
+	return fib_rule_matchall(rule) && rule->table == RT_TABLE_DEFAULT;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipmr_rule_default);
 #else
 #define ipmr_for_each_table(mrt, net) \
 	for (mrt = net->ipv4.mrt; mrt; mrt = NULL)
@@ -318,6 +324,12 @@ static unsigned int ipmr_rules_seq_read(struct net *net)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+
+bool ipmr_rule_default(const struct fib_rule *rule)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipmr_rule_default);
 #endif
 
 static inline int ipmr_hash_cmp(struct rhashtable_compare_arg *arg,