diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c
index f253295795f0..f20dfe70fa0e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c
@@ -348,15 +348,15 @@ static int dst_fetch_ha(const struct dst_entry *dst,
 
 static bool has_gateway(const struct dst_entry *dst, sa_family_t family)
 {
-	struct rtable *rt;
-	struct rt6_info *rt6;
+	const struct rtable *rt;
+	const struct rt6_info *rt6;
 
 	if (family == AF_INET) {
 		rt = container_of(dst, struct rtable, dst);
 		return rt->rt_uses_gateway;
 	}
 
-	rt6 = container_of(dst, struct rt6_info, dst);
+	rt6 = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 	return rt6->rt6i_flags & RTF_GATEWAY;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_span.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_span.c
index af50ff9e5f26..ce49c9514f91 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_span.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_span.c
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ mlxsw_sp_span_gretap6_route(const struct net_device *to_dev,
 	if (!dst || dst->error)
 		goto out;
 
-	rt6 = container_of(dst, struct rt6_info, dst);
+	rt6 = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 
 	dev = dst->dev;
 	*saddrp = fl6.saddr;
diff --git a/drivers/net/vrf.c b/drivers/net/vrf.c
index bb95ce43cd97..71cfa03a7744 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vrf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vrf.c
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ static int vrf_finish_output6(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
 	skb->dev = dev;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	nexthop = rt6_nexthop((struct rt6_info *)dst, &ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr);
+	nexthop = rt6_nexthop(dst_rt6_info(dst), &ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr);
 	neigh = __ipv6_neigh_lookup_noref(dst->dev, nexthop);
 	if (unlikely(!neigh))
 		neigh = __neigh_create(&nd_tbl, nexthop, dst->dev, false);
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index 3a9148fb1422..6b64f28a9174 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -2528,7 +2528,7 @@ void vxlan_xmit_one(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		}
 
 		if (!info) {
-			u32 rt6i_flags = ((struct rt6_info *)ndst)->rt6i_flags;
+			u32 rt6i_flags = dst_rt6_info(ndst)->rt6i_flags;
 
 			err = encap_bypass_if_local(skb, dev, vxlan, AF_INET6,
 						    dst_port, ifindex, vni,
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h
index 613eab729704..5f17a2a5d0e3 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ static inline struct dst_entry *qeth_dst_check_rcu(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct dst_entry *dst = skb_dst(skb);
 	struct rt6_info *rt;
 
-	rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
+	rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 	if (dst) {
 		if (proto == htons(ETH_P_IPV6))
 			dst = dst_check(dst, rt6_get_cookie(rt));
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ static inline __be32 qeth_next_hop_v4_rcu(struct sk_buff *skb,
 static inline struct in6_addr *qeth_next_hop_v6_rcu(struct sk_buff *skb,
 						    struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
-	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
+	struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 
 	if (rt && !ipv6_addr_any(&rt->rt6i_gateway))
 		return &rt->rt6i_gateway;
diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index 323c94f1845b..73524fa0c064 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -234,9 +234,11 @@ struct fib6_result {
 	for (rt = (w)->leaf; rt;					\
 	     rt = rcu_dereference_protected(rt->fib6_next, 1))
 
-static inline struct inet6_dev *ip6_dst_idev(struct dst_entry *dst)
+#define dst_rt6_info(_ptr) container_of_const(_ptr, struct rt6_info, dst)
+
+static inline struct inet6_dev *ip6_dst_idev(const struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
-	return ((struct rt6_info *)dst)->rt6i_idev;
+	return dst_rt6_info(dst)->rt6i_idev;
 }
 
 static inline bool fib6_requires_src(const struct fib6_info *rt)
diff --git a/include/net/ip6_route.h b/include/net/ip6_route.h
index a30c6aa9e5cf..a18ed24fed94 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_route.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_route.h
@@ -210,12 +210,11 @@ void rt6_uncached_list_del(struct rt6_info *rt);
 static inline const struct rt6_info *skb_rt6_info(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	const struct dst_entry *dst = skb_dst(skb);
-	const struct rt6_info *rt6 = NULL;
 
 	if (dst)
-		rt6 = container_of(dst, struct rt6_info, dst);
+		return dst_rt6_info(dst);
 
-	return rt6;
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -227,7 +226,7 @@ static inline void ip6_dst_store(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
 {
 	struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
 
-	np->dst_cookie = rt6_get_cookie((struct rt6_info *)dst);
+	np->dst_cookie = rt6_get_cookie(dst_rt6_info(dst));
 	sk_setup_caps(sk, dst);
 	np->daddr_cache = daddr;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SUBTREES
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ void ip6_sk_dst_store_flow(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
 
 static inline bool ipv6_unicast_destination(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *) skb_dst(skb);
+	const struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(skb_dst(skb));
 
 	return rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_LOCAL;
 }
@@ -248,7 +247,7 @@ static inline bool ipv6_unicast_destination(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 static inline bool ipv6_anycast_destination(const struct dst_entry *dst,
 					    const struct in6_addr *daddr)
 {
-	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
+	const struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 
 	return rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_ANYCAST ||
 		(rt->rt6i_dst.plen < 127 &&
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c b/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
index 27520a8a486f..50cfec8ccac4 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static inline struct lowpan_peer *peer_lookup_dst(struct lowpan_btle_dev *dev,
 						  struct in6_addr *daddr,
 						  struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)skb_dst(skb);
+	struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(skb_dst(skb));
 	int count = atomic_read(&dev->peer_count);
 	const struct in6_addr *nexthop;
 	struct lowpan_peer *peer;
diff --git a/net/core/dst_cache.c b/net/core/dst_cache.c
index 0ccfd5fa5cb9..b17171345d64 100644
--- a/net/core/dst_cache.c
+++ b/net/core/dst_cache.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void dst_cache_set_ip6(struct dst_cache *dst_cache, struct dst_entry *dst,
 
 	idst = this_cpu_ptr(dst_cache->cache);
 	dst_cache_per_cpu_dst_set(this_cpu_ptr(dst_cache->cache), dst,
-				  rt6_get_cookie((struct rt6_info *)dst));
+				  rt6_get_cookie(dst_rt6_info(dst)));
 	idst->in6_saddr = *saddr;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dst_cache_set_ip6);
diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index ae5254f712c9..03c1fdd111f2 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -2215,7 +2215,7 @@ static int bpf_out_neigh_v6(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (!nh) {
 		dst = skb_dst(skb);
-		nexthop = rt6_nexthop(container_of(dst, struct rt6_info, dst),
+		nexthop = rt6_nexthop(dst_rt6_info(dst),
 				      &ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr);
 	} else {
 		nexthop = &nh->ipv6_nh;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index 1b8d8ff9a237..0e4bd528428e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ static int tnl_update_pmtu(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		struct rt6_info *rt6;
 		__be32 daddr;
 
-		rt6 = skb_valid_dst(skb) ? (struct rt6_info *)skb_dst(skb) :
+		rt6 = skb_valid_dst(skb) ? dst_rt6_info(skb_dst(skb)) :
 					   NULL;
 		daddr = md ? dst : tunnel->parms.iph.daddr;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/icmp.c b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
index 1635da07285f..d285c1f6f1a6 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static bool icmpv6_xrlim_allow(struct sock *sk, u8 type,
 	} else if (dst->dev && (dst->dev->flags&IFF_LOOPBACK)) {
 		res = true;
 	} else {
-		struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
+		struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 		int tmo = net->ipv6.sysctl.icmpv6_time;
 		struct inet_peer *peer;
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static bool icmpv6_rt_has_prefsrc(struct sock *sk, u8 type,
 
 	dst = ip6_route_output(net, sk, fl6);
 	if (!dst->error) {
-		struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
+		struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 		struct in6_addr prefsrc;
 
 		rt6_get_prefsrc(rt, &prefsrc);
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ void icmp6_send(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 type, u8 code, __u32 info,
 	if (ip6_append_data(sk, icmpv6_getfrag, &msg,
 			    len + sizeof(struct icmp6hdr),
 			    sizeof(struct icmp6hdr),
-			    &ipc6, &fl6, (struct rt6_info *)dst,
+			    &ipc6, &fl6, dst_rt6_info(dst),
 			    MSG_DONTWAIT)) {
 		ICMP6_INC_STATS(net, idev, ICMP6_MIB_OUTERRORS);
 		ip6_flush_pending_frames(sk);
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ static enum skb_drop_reason icmpv6_echo_reply(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (ip6_append_data(sk, icmpv6_getfrag, &msg,
 			    skb->len + sizeof(struct icmp6hdr),
 			    sizeof(struct icmp6hdr), &ipc6, &fl6,
-			    (struct rt6_info *)dst, MSG_DONTWAIT)) {
+			    dst_rt6_info(dst), MSG_DONTWAIT)) {
 		__ICMP6_INC_STATS(net, idev, ICMP6_MIB_OUTERRORS);
 		ip6_flush_pending_frames(sk);
 	} else {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ila/ila_lwt.c b/net/ipv6/ila/ila_lwt.c
index 8c1ce78956ba..0601bad79822 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ila/ila_lwt.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ila/ila_lwt.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static inline struct ila_params *ila_params_lwtunnel(
 static int ila_output(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct dst_entry *orig_dst = skb_dst(skb);
-	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)orig_dst;
+	struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(orig_dst);
 	struct ila_lwt *ilwt = ila_lwt_lwtunnel(orig_dst->lwtstate);
 	struct dst_entry *dst;
 	int err = -EINVAL;
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static int ila_output(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		memset(&fl6, 0, sizeof(fl6));
 		fl6.flowi6_oif = orig_dst->dev->ifindex;
 		fl6.flowi6_iif = LOOPBACK_IFINDEX;
-		fl6.daddr = *rt6_nexthop((struct rt6_info *)orig_dst,
+		fl6.daddr = *rt6_nexthop(dst_rt6_info(orig_dst),
 					 &ip6h->daddr);
 
 		dst = ip6_route_output(net, NULL, &fl6);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 97b0788b31ba..27d8725445e3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static int ip6_finish_output2(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *
 	IP6_UPD_PO_STATS(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_OUT, skb->len);
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	nexthop = rt6_nexthop((struct rt6_info *)dst, daddr);
+	nexthop = rt6_nexthop(dst_rt6_info(dst), daddr);
 	neigh = __ipv6_neigh_lookup_noref(dev, nexthop);
 
 	if (unlikely(IS_ERR_OR_NULL(neigh))) {
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ int ip6_forward(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		 *	send a redirect.
 		 */
 
-		rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
+		rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 		if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_GATEWAY)
 			target = &rt->rt6i_gateway;
 		else
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ int ip6_fragment(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		 int (*output)(struct net *, struct sock *, struct sk_buff *))
 {
 	struct sk_buff *frag;
-	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)skb_dst(skb);
+	struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(skb_dst(skb));
 	struct ipv6_pinfo *np = skb->sk && !dev_recursion_level() ?
 				inet6_sk(skb->sk) : NULL;
 	bool mono_delivery_time = skb->mono_delivery_time;
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ static struct dst_entry *ip6_sk_dst_check(struct sock *sk,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	rt = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
+	rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 	/* Yes, checking route validity in not connected
 	 * case is not very simple. Take into account,
 	 * that we do not support routing by source, TOS,
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ static int ip6_dst_lookup_tail(struct net *net, const struct sock *sk,
 		struct rt6_info *rt;
 
 		*dst = ip6_route_output(net, sk, fl6);
-		rt = (*dst)->error ? NULL : (struct rt6_info *)*dst;
+		rt = (*dst)->error ? NULL : dst_rt6_info(*dst);
 
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		from = rt ? rcu_dereference(rt->from) : NULL;
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ static int ip6_dst_lookup_tail(struct net *net, const struct sock *sk,
 	 * dst entry and replace it instead with the
 	 * dst entry of the nexthop router
 	 */
-	rt = (struct rt6_info *) *dst;
+	rt = dst_rt6_info(*dst);
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	n = __ipv6_neigh_lookup_noref(rt->dst.dev,
 				      rt6_nexthop(rt, &fl6->daddr));
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ static int __ip6_append_data(struct sock *sk,
 	int offset = 0;
 	bool zc = false;
 	u32 tskey = 0;
-	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)cork->dst;
+	struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(cork->dst);
 	bool paged, hold_tskey, extra_uref = false;
 	struct ipv6_txoptions *opt = v6_cork->opt;
 	int csummode = CHECKSUM_NONE;
@@ -1877,7 +1877,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__ip6_make_skb(struct sock *sk,
 	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
 	struct ipv6hdr *hdr;
 	struct ipv6_txoptions *opt = v6_cork->opt;
-	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)cork->base.dst;
+	struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(cork->base.dst);
 	struct flowi6 *fl6 = &cork->fl.u.ip6;
 	unsigned char proto = fl6->flowi6_proto;
 
@@ -1949,7 +1949,7 @@ out:
 int ip6_send_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
-	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)skb_dst(skb);
+	struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(skb_dst(skb));
 	int err;
 
 	err = ip6_local_out(net, skb->sk, skb);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
index cb0ee81a068a..dd342e6ecf3f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
@@ -2273,7 +2273,7 @@ int ip6mr_get_route(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, struct rtmsg *rtm,
 	int err;
 	struct mr_table *mrt;
 	struct mfc6_cache *cache;
-	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)skb_dst(skb);
+	struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(skb_dst(skb));
 
 	mrt = ip6mr_get_table(net, RT6_TABLE_DFLT);
 	if (!mrt)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index ae134634c323..d914b23256ce 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -1722,7 +1722,7 @@ void ndisc_send_redirect(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct in6_addr *target)
 	if (IS_ERR(dst))
 		return;
 
-	rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
+	rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 
 	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_GATEWAY) {
 		ND_PRINTK(2, warn,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ping.c b/net/ipv6/ping.c
index ef2059c88955..88b3fcacd4f9 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ping.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ping.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static int ping_v6_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	dst = ip6_sk_dst_lookup_flow(sk, &fl6, daddr, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(dst))
 		return PTR_ERR(dst);
-	rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
+	rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 
 	if (!fl6.flowi6_oif && ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&fl6.daddr))
 		fl6.flowi6_oif = READ_ONCE(np->mcast_oif);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/raw.c b/net/ipv6/raw.c
index 0d896ca7b589..2eedf255600b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/raw.c
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ static int rawv6_send_hdrinc(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, int length,
 	struct ipv6hdr *iph;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int err;
-	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)*dstp;
+	struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(*dstp);
 	int hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(rt->dst.dev);
 	int tlen = rt->dst.dev->needed_tailroom;
 
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ back_from_confirm:
 		ipc6.opt = opt;
 		lock_sock(sk);
 		err = ip6_append_data(sk, raw6_getfrag, &rfv,
-			len, 0, &ipc6, &fl6, (struct rt6_info *)dst,
+			len, 0, &ipc6, &fl6, dst_rt6_info(dst),
 			msg->msg_flags);
 
 		if (err)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 1f4b935a0e57..3e0b2cb20fd2 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static struct neighbour *ip6_dst_neigh_lookup(const struct dst_entry *dst,
 					      struct sk_buff *skb,
 					      const void *daddr)
 {
-	const struct rt6_info *rt = container_of(dst, struct rt6_info, dst);
+	const struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 
 	return ip6_neigh_lookup(rt6_nexthop(rt, &in6addr_any),
 				dst->dev, skb, daddr);
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ static struct neighbour *ip6_dst_neigh_lookup(const struct dst_entry *dst,
 
 static void ip6_confirm_neigh(const struct dst_entry *dst, const void *daddr)
 {
+	const struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 	struct net_device *dev = dst->dev;
-	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
 
 	daddr = choose_neigh_daddr(rt6_nexthop(rt, &in6addr_any), NULL, daddr);
 	if (!daddr)
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip6_dst_alloc);
 
 static void ip6_dst_destroy(struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
-	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
+	struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 	struct fib6_info *from;
 	struct inet6_dev *idev;
 
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static void ip6_dst_destroy(struct dst_entry *dst)
 
 static void ip6_dst_ifdown(struct dst_entry *dst, struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
+	struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 	struct inet6_dev *idev = rt->rt6i_idev;
 
 	if (idev && idev->dev != blackhole_netdev) {
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ struct rt6_info *rt6_lookup(struct net *net, const struct in6_addr *daddr,
 
 	dst = fib6_rule_lookup(net, &fl6, skb, flags, ip6_pol_route_lookup);
 	if (dst->error == 0)
-		return (struct rt6_info *) dst;
+		return dst_rt6_info(dst);
 
 	dst_release(dst);
 
@@ -2647,7 +2647,7 @@ struct dst_entry *ip6_route_output_flags(struct net *net,
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	dst = ip6_route_output_flags_noref(net, sk, fl6, flags);
-	rt6 = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
+	rt6 = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 	/* For dst cached in uncached_list, refcnt is already taken. */
 	if (list_empty(&rt6->dst.rt_uncached) && !dst_hold_safe(dst)) {
 		dst = &net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry->dst;
@@ -2661,7 +2661,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip6_route_output_flags);
 
 struct dst_entry *ip6_blackhole_route(struct net *net, struct dst_entry *dst_orig)
 {
-	struct rt6_info *rt, *ort = (struct rt6_info *) dst_orig;
+	struct rt6_info *rt, *ort = dst_rt6_info(dst_orig);
 	struct net_device *loopback_dev = net->loopback_dev;
 	struct dst_entry *new = NULL;
 
@@ -2744,7 +2744,7 @@ INDIRECT_CALLABLE_SCOPE struct dst_entry *ip6_dst_check(struct dst_entry *dst,
 	struct fib6_info *from;
 	struct rt6_info *rt;
 
-	rt = container_of(dst, struct rt6_info, dst);
+	rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 
 	if (rt->sernum)
 		return rt6_is_valid(rt) ? dst : NULL;
@@ -2772,7 +2772,7 @@ EXPORT_INDIRECT_CALLABLE(ip6_dst_check);
 
 static struct dst_entry *ip6_negative_advice(struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
-	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
+	struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 
 	if (rt) {
 		if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE) {
@@ -2796,7 +2796,7 @@ static void ip6_link_failure(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	icmpv6_send(skb, ICMPV6_DEST_UNREACH, ICMPV6_ADDR_UNREACH, 0);
 
-	rt = (struct rt6_info *) skb_dst(skb);
+	rt = dst_rt6_info(skb_dst(skb));
 	if (rt) {
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_CACHE) {
@@ -2852,7 +2852,7 @@ static void __ip6_rt_update_pmtu(struct dst_entry *dst, const struct sock *sk,
 				 bool confirm_neigh)
 {
 	const struct in6_addr *daddr, *saddr;
-	struct rt6_info *rt6 = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
+	struct rt6_info *rt6 = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 
 	/* Note: do *NOT* check dst_metric_locked(dst, RTAX_MTU)
 	 * IPv6 pmtu discovery isn't optional, so 'mtu lock' cannot disable it.
@@ -4174,7 +4174,7 @@ static void rt6_do_redirect(struct dst_entry *dst, struct sock *sk, struct sk_bu
 		}
 	}
 
-	rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
+	rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 	if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_REJECT) {
 		net_dbg_ratelimited("rt6_redirect: source isn't a valid nexthop for redirect target\n");
 		return;
@@ -5608,7 +5608,7 @@ static int rt6_fill_node(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			 int iif, int type, u32 portid, u32 seq,
 			 unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct rt6_info *rt6 = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
+	struct rt6_info *rt6 = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 	struct rt6key *rt6_dst, *rt6_src;
 	u32 *pmetrics, table, rt6_flags;
 	unsigned char nh_flags = 0;
@@ -6111,7 +6111,7 @@ static int inet6_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	}
 
 
-	rt = container_of(dst, struct rt6_info, dst);
+	rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 	if (rt->dst.error) {
 		err = rt->dst.error;
 		ip6_rt_put(rt);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 3f4cba49e9ee..5873b3c3562e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -95,11 +95,9 @@ static void inet6_sk_rx_dst_set(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct dst_entry *dst = skb_dst(skb);
 
 	if (dst && dst_hold_safe(dst)) {
-		const struct rt6_info *rt = (const struct rt6_info *)dst;
-
 		rcu_assign_pointer(sk->sk_rx_dst, dst);
 		sk->sk_rx_dst_ifindex = skb->skb_iif;
-		sk->sk_rx_dst_cookie = rt6_get_cookie(rt);
+		sk->sk_rx_dst_cookie = rt6_get_cookie(dst_rt6_info(dst));
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/udp.c b/net/ipv6/udp.c
index e0dd5bc2b30e..acafa0cdf74a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/udp.c
@@ -910,11 +910,8 @@ start_lookup:
 
 static void udp6_sk_rx_dst_set(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
-	if (udp_sk_rx_dst_set(sk, dst)) {
-		const struct rt6_info *rt = (const struct rt6_info *)dst;
-
-		sk->sk_rx_dst_cookie = rt6_get_cookie(rt);
-	}
+	if (udp_sk_rx_dst_set(sk, dst))
+		sk->sk_rx_dst_cookie = rt6_get_cookie(dst_rt6_info(dst));
 }
 
 /* wrapper for udp_queue_rcv_skb tacking care of csum conversion and
@@ -1585,7 +1582,7 @@ back_from_confirm:
 
 		skb = ip6_make_skb(sk, getfrag, msg, ulen,
 				   sizeof(struct udphdr), &ipc6,
-				   (struct rt6_info *)dst,
+				   dst_rt6_info(dst),
 				   msg->msg_flags, &cork);
 		err = PTR_ERR(skb);
 		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(skb))
@@ -1612,7 +1609,7 @@ do_append_data:
 		ipc6.dontfrag = inet6_test_bit(DONTFRAG, sk);
 	up->len += ulen;
 	err = ip6_append_data(sk, getfrag, msg, ulen, sizeof(struct udphdr),
-			      &ipc6, fl6, (struct rt6_info *)dst,
+			      &ipc6, fl6, dst_rt6_info(dst),
 			      corkreq ? msg->msg_flags|MSG_MORE : msg->msg_flags);
 	if (err)
 		udp_v6_flush_pending_frames(sk);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
index 42fb6996b077..ce48173c60e5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static int xfrm6_get_saddr(struct net *net, int oif,
 static int xfrm6_fill_dst(struct xfrm_dst *xdst, struct net_device *dev,
 			  const struct flowi *fl)
 {
-	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)xdst->route;
+	struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(xdst->route);
 
 	xdst->u.dst.dev = dev;
 	netdev_hold(dev, &xdst->u.dst.dev_tracker, GFP_ATOMIC);
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
index 7bf14cf9ffaa..8780ec64f376 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ back_from_confirm:
 	ulen = len + (skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_write_queue) ? transhdrlen : 0);
 	err = ip6_append_data(sk, ip_generic_getfrag, msg,
 			      ulen, transhdrlen, &ipc6,
-			      &fl6, (struct rt6_info *)dst,
+			      &fl6, dst_rt6_info(dst),
 			      msg->msg_flags);
 	if (err)
 		ip6_flush_pending_frames(sk);
diff --git a/net/mpls/mpls_iptunnel.c b/net/mpls/mpls_iptunnel.c
index 8fc790f2a01b..606349c8df0e 100644
--- a/net/mpls/mpls_iptunnel.c
+++ b/net/mpls/mpls_iptunnel.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static int mpls_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			ttl = net->mpls.default_ttl;
 		else
 			ttl = ipv6_hdr(skb)->hop_limit;
-		rt6 = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
+		rt6 = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 	} else {
 		goto drop;
 	}
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c
index 65e0259178da..5cd511162bc0 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static inline bool crosses_local_route_boundary(int skb_af, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			(!skb->dev || skb->dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) &&
 			(addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_LOOPBACK);
 		old_rt_is_local = __ip_vs_is_local_route6(
-			(struct rt6_info *)skb_dst(skb));
+			dst_rt6_info(skb_dst(skb)));
 	} else
 #endif
 	{
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ __ip_vs_get_out_rt_v6(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, int skb_af, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (dest) {
 		dest_dst = __ip_vs_dst_check(dest);
 		if (likely(dest_dst))
-			rt = (struct rt6_info *) dest_dst->dst_cache;
+			rt = dst_rt6_info(dest_dst->dst_cache);
 		else {
 			u32 cookie;
 
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ __ip_vs_get_out_rt_v6(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, int skb_af, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				ip_vs_dest_dst_free(dest_dst);
 				goto err_unreach;
 			}
-			rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
+			rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 			cookie = rt6_get_cookie(rt);
 			__ip_vs_dst_set(dest, dest_dst, &rt->dst, cookie);
 			spin_unlock_bh(&dest->dst_lock);
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ __ip_vs_get_out_rt_v6(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, int skb_af, struct sk_buff *skb,
 					      rt_mode);
 		if (!dst)
 			goto err_unreach;
-		rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
+		rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 	}
 
 	local = __ip_vs_is_local_route6(rt);
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ ip_vs_nat_xmit_v6(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_conn *cp,
 				      IP_VS_RT_MODE_RDR);
 	if (local < 0)
 		goto tx_error;
-	rt = (struct rt6_info *) skb_dst(skb);
+	rt = dst_rt6_info(skb_dst(skb));
 	/*
 	 * Avoid duplicate tuple in reply direction for NAT traffic
 	 * to local address when connection is sync-ed
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ ip_vs_tunnel_xmit_v6(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_conn *cp,
 	if (local)
 		return ip_vs_send_or_cont(NFPROTO_IPV6, skb, cp, 1);
 
-	rt = (struct rt6_info *) skb_dst(skb);
+	rt = dst_rt6_info(skb_dst(skb));
 	tdev = rt->dst.dev;
 
 	/*
@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ ip_vs_icmp_xmit_v6(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_conn *cp,
 				      &cp->daddr.in6, NULL, ipvsh, 0, rt_mode);
 	if (local < 0)
 		goto tx_error;
-	rt = (struct rt6_info *) skb_dst(skb);
+	rt = dst_rt6_info(skb_dst(skb));
 	/*
 	 * Avoid duplicate tuple in reply direction for NAT traffic
 	 * to local address when connection is sync-ed
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
index a0571339239c..5c1ff07eaee0 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
@@ -77,12 +77,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flow_offload_alloc);
 
 static u32 flow_offload_dst_cookie(struct flow_offload_tuple *flow_tuple)
 {
-	const struct rt6_info *rt;
-
-	if (flow_tuple->l3proto == NFPROTO_IPV6) {
-		rt = (const struct rt6_info *)flow_tuple->dst_cache;
-		return rt6_get_cookie(rt);
-	}
+	if (flow_tuple->l3proto == NFPROTO_IPV6)
+		return rt6_get_cookie(dst_rt6_info(flow_tuple->dst_cache));
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
index 5383bed3d3e0..100887beed31 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ nf_flow_offload_ipv6_hook(void *priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return NF_ACCEPT;
 
 	if (unlikely(tuplehash->tuple.xmit_type == FLOW_OFFLOAD_XMIT_XFRM)) {
-		rt = (struct rt6_info *)tuplehash->tuple.dst_cache;
+		rt = dst_rt6_info(tuplehash->tuple.dst_cache);
 		memset(skb->cb, 0, sizeof(struct inet6_skb_parm));
 		IP6CB(skb)->iif = skb->dev->ifindex;
 		IP6CB(skb)->flags = IP6SKB_FORWARDED;
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ nf_flow_offload_ipv6_hook(void *priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	switch (tuplehash->tuple.xmit_type) {
 	case FLOW_OFFLOAD_XMIT_NEIGH:
-		rt = (struct rt6_info *)tuplehash->tuple.dst_cache;
+		rt = dst_rt6_info(tuplehash->tuple.dst_cache);
 		outdev = rt->dst.dev;
 		skb->dev = outdev;
 		nexthop = rt6_nexthop(rt, &flow->tuplehash[!dir].tuple.src_v6);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_rt.c b/net/netfilter/nft_rt.c
index 24d977138572..2434c624aafd 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_rt.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_rt.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void nft_rt_get_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 		if (nft_pf(pkt) != NFPROTO_IPV6)
 			goto err;
 
-		memcpy(dest, rt6_nexthop((struct rt6_info *)dst,
+		memcpy(dest, rt6_nexthop(dst_rt6_info(dst),
 					 &ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr),
 		       sizeof(struct in6_addr));
 		break;
diff --git a/net/sctp/ipv6.c b/net/sctp/ipv6.c
index 24368f755ab1..f7b809c0d142 100644
--- a/net/sctp/ipv6.c
+++ b/net/sctp/ipv6.c
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ out:
 	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dst)) {
 		struct rt6_info *rt;
 
-		rt = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
+		rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 		t->dst_cookie = rt6_get_cookie(rt);
 		pr_debug("rt6_dst:%pI6/%d rt6_src:%pI6\n",
 			 &rt->rt6i_dst.addr, rt->rt6i_dst.plen,
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 53d8fabfa685..1702eea537e7 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -2598,8 +2598,7 @@ static void xfrm_init_path(struct xfrm_dst *path, struct dst_entry *dst,
 			   int nfheader_len)
 {
 	if (dst->ops->family == AF_INET6) {
-		struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
-		path->path_cookie = rt6_get_cookie(rt);
+		path->path_cookie = rt6_get_cookie(dst_rt6_info(dst));
 		path->u.rt6.rt6i_nfheader_len = nfheader_len;
 	}
 }