diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index c5617d6..91782a7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -2169,7 +2169,10 @@
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	rtm->rtm_type     = RTN_MULTICAST;
 	rtm->rtm_scope    = RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE;
-	rtm->rtm_protocol = RTPROT_UNSPEC;
+	if (c->mfc_flags & MFC_STATIC)
+		rtm->rtm_protocol = RTPROT_STATIC;
+	else
+		rtm->rtm_protocol = RTPROT_MROUTED;
 	rtm->rtm_flags    = 0;
 
 	if (nla_put_be32(skb, RTA_SRC, c->mfc_origin) ||