diff --git a/sys/netinet6/in6_pcb.c b/sys/netinet6/in6_pcb.c
index 27e9a2bd2e8f..7fdd324567aa 100644
--- a/sys/netinet6/in6_pcb.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/in6_pcb.c
@@ -846,13 +846,10 @@ in6_pcbpurgeif0(struct inpcbinfo *pcbinfo, struct ifnet *ifp)
  * (by a redirect), time to try a default gateway again.
  */
 void
-in6_losing(struct inpcb *in6p)
+in6_losing(struct inpcb *inp)
 {
 
-	RO_RTFREE(&in6p->inp_route6);
-	if (in6p->inp_route6.ro_lle)
-		LLE_FREE(in6p->inp_route6.ro_lle);	/* zeros ro_lle */
-	return;
+	RO_INVALIDATE_CACHE(&inp->inp_route6);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -860,12 +857,10 @@ in6_losing(struct inpcb *in6p)
  * and allocate a (hopefully) better one.
  */
 struct inpcb *
-in6_rtchange(struct inpcb *inp, int errno)
+in6_rtchange(struct inpcb *inp, int errno __unused)
 {
 
-	RO_RTFREE(&in6p->inp_route6);
-	if (inp->inp_route6.ro_lle)
-		LLE_FREE(inp->inp_route6.ro_lle);	/* zeros ro_lle */
+	RO_INVALIDATE_CACHE(&inp->inp_route6);
 	return inp;
 }
 
diff --git a/sys/netinet6/ip6_output.c b/sys/netinet6/ip6_output.c
index 7ce29e2e1d83..9c24daf2f7a7 100644
--- a/sys/netinet6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/ip6_output.c
@@ -804,22 +804,16 @@ ip6_output(struct mbuf *m0, struct ip6_pktopts *opt,
 			error = netisr_queue(NETISR_IPV6, m);
 			goto done;
 		} else {
-			RO_RTFREE(ro);
+			RO_INVALIDATE_CACHE(ro);
 			needfiblookup = 1; /* Redo the routing table lookup. */
-			if (ro->ro_lle)
-				LLE_FREE(ro->ro_lle);	/* zeros ro_lle */
-			ro->ro_lle = NULL;
 		}
 	}
 	/* See if fib was changed by packet filter. */
 	if (fibnum != M_GETFIB(m)) {
 		m->m_flags |= M_SKIP_FIREWALL;
 		fibnum = M_GETFIB(m);
-		RO_RTFREE(ro);
+		RO_INVALIDATE_CACHE(ro);
 		needfiblookup = 1;
-		if (ro->ro_lle)
-			LLE_FREE(ro->ro_lle);	/* zeros ro_lle */
-		ro->ro_lle = NULL;
 	}
 	if (needfiblookup)
 		goto again;