diff --git a/include/net/ip_fib.h b/include/net/ip_fib.h
index 59e0d4e99f94e70325e477456ed251dcf0e04b47..b219a8fe0950b99a88d057816dcf1b7cb48080a8 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_fib.h
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ struct fib_dump_filter {
 	u32			table_id;
 	/* filter_set is an optimization that an entry is set */
 	bool			filter_set;
-	bool			dump_all_families;
 	bool			dump_routes;
 	bool			dump_exceptions;
 	unsigned char		protocol;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index 213be9c050addf59205ed7b9e50c505aedc4524c..1bf9da3a75f921738b28f17cc1543fbf84993845 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -918,7 +918,6 @@ int ip_valid_fib_dump_req(struct net *net, const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	else
 		filter->dump_exceptions = false;
 
-	filter->dump_all_families = (rtm->rtm_family == AF_UNSPEC);
 	filter->flags    = rtm->rtm_flags;
 	filter->protocol = rtm->rtm_protocol;
 	filter->rt_type  = rtm->rtm_type;
@@ -990,7 +989,7 @@ static int inet_dump_fib(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	if (filter.table_id) {
 		tb = fib_get_table(net, filter.table_id);
 		if (!tb) {
-			if (filter.dump_all_families)
+			if (rtnl_msg_family(cb->nlh) != PF_INET)
 				return skb->len;
 
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(cb->extack, "ipv4: FIB table does not exist");
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index 5c218db2dede7da6ecf7932a06d09651a7d5fe74..b2363b82b48d5ea2c31c34581d151fc2265c743d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -2613,7 +2613,7 @@ static int ipmr_rtm_dumproute(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 
 		mrt = ipmr_get_table(sock_net(skb->sk), filter.table_id);
 		if (!mrt) {
-			if (filter.dump_all_families)
+			if (rtnl_msg_family(cb->nlh) != RTNL_FAMILY_IPMR)
 				return skb->len;
 
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(cb->extack, "ipv4: MR table does not exist");
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 46ed567194761d32ea533c688955a052d1e58de4..20314895509cc16f60d4b6953c25b8d01ee68f53 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ static int inet6_dump_fib(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	if (arg.filter.table_id) {
 		tb = fib6_get_table(net, arg.filter.table_id);
 		if (!tb) {
-			if (arg.filter.dump_all_families)
+			if (rtnl_msg_family(cb->nlh) != PF_INET6)
 				goto out;
 
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(cb->extack, "FIB table does not exist");
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
index 1e223e26f0799bcc0641abe68b11bc8f0b1ab05d..1f4d20e97c07f90ae19a9b5b14a6598b38340430 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
@@ -2503,7 +2503,7 @@ static int ip6mr_rtm_dumproute(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 
 		mrt = ip6mr_get_table(sock_net(skb->sk), filter.table_id);
 		if (!mrt) {
-			if (filter.dump_all_families)
+			if (rtnl_msg_family(cb->nlh) != RTNL_FAMILY_IP6MR)
 				return skb->len;
 
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(cb->extack, "MR table does not exist");