diff --git a/include/net/addrconf.h b/include/net/addrconf.h
index f679877bb6017dd4a6da7d1fe0e6ea217ba3b3e4..ec51e673b4b67bf762cd3e606709f34069ae1a55 100644
--- a/include/net/addrconf.h
+++ b/include/net/addrconf.h
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ void ipv6_sock_ac_close(struct sock *sk);
 
 int ipv6_dev_ac_inc(struct net_device *dev, const struct in6_addr *addr);
 int __ipv6_dev_ac_dec(struct inet6_dev *idev, const struct in6_addr *addr);
+void ipv6_ac_destroy_dev(struct inet6_dev *idev);
 bool ipv6_chk_acast_addr(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
 			 const struct in6_addr *addr);
 bool ipv6_chk_acast_addr_src(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index fc1fac2a052856e5c1b2476dc469d261a6558e5e..3342ee64f2e3f137a7a44dda5b006ad24da87117 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3094,11 +3094,13 @@ static int addrconf_ifdown(struct net_device *dev, int how)
 
 	write_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
 
-	/* Step 5: Discard multicast list */
-	if (how)
+	/* Step 5: Discard anycast and multicast list */
+	if (how) {
+		ipv6_ac_destroy_dev(idev);
 		ipv6_mc_destroy_dev(idev);
-	else
+	} else {
 		ipv6_mc_down(idev);
+	}
 
 	idev->tstamp = jiffies;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/anycast.c b/net/ipv6/anycast.c
index ff2de7d9d8e6553de407b7aa5a490fc5c9a40461..9a386842fd6278468ed6cc1b435d00f31b2ebe43 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/anycast.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/anycast.c
@@ -351,6 +351,27 @@ static int ipv6_dev_ac_dec(struct net_device *dev, const struct in6_addr *addr)
 	return __ipv6_dev_ac_dec(idev, addr);
 }
 
+void ipv6_ac_destroy_dev(struct inet6_dev *idev)
+{
+	struct ifacaddr6 *aca;
+
+	write_lock_bh(&idev->lock);
+	while ((aca = idev->ac_list) != NULL) {
+		idev->ac_list = aca->aca_next;
+		write_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
+
+		addrconf_leave_solict(idev, &aca->aca_addr);
+
+		dst_hold(&aca->aca_rt->dst);
+		ip6_del_rt(aca->aca_rt);
+
+		aca_put(aca);
+
+		write_lock_bh(&idev->lock);
+	}
+	write_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
+}
+
 /*
  *	check if the interface has this anycast address
  *	called with rcu_read_lock()