diff --git a/net/ipv4/arp.c b/net/ipv4/arp.c
index cda37be..2e560f0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/arp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/arp.c
@@ -790,7 +790,8 @@
  *	Check for bad requests for 127.x.x.x and requests for multicast
  *	addresses.  If this is one such, delete it.
  */
-	if (ipv4_is_loopback(tip) || ipv4_is_multicast(tip))
+	if (ipv4_is_multicast(tip) ||
+	    (!IN_DEV_ROUTE_LOCALNET(in_dev) && ipv4_is_loopback(tip)))
 		goto out;
 
 /*