diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index 87bb36a5bdec..272e42d81323 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ int fib_validate_source(struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 src, __be32 dst,
 		 * and the same host but different containers are not.
 		 */
 		if (inet_lookup_ifaddr_rcu(net, src))
-			return -EINVAL;
+			return -SKB_DROP_REASON_IP_LOCAL_SOURCE;
 
 ok:
 		*itag = 0;