diff --git a/src/openvpn/route.c b/src/openvpn/route.c
index ca8b182b..27b39c41 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/route.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/route.c
@@ -1820,7 +1820,7 @@ done:
 }
 
 
-static void
+void
 route_ipv6_clear_host_bits( struct route_ipv6 *r6 )
 {
     /* clear host bit parts of route
diff --git a/src/openvpn/route.h b/src/openvpn/route.h
index 2c6f9f16..69420228 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/route.h
+++ b/src/openvpn/route.h
@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ void copy_route_ipv6_option_list(struct route_ipv6_option_list *dest,
                                  const struct route_ipv6_option_list *src,
                                  struct gc_arena *a);
 
+void route_ipv6_clear_host_bits( struct route_ipv6 *r6 );
+
 void add_route_ipv6(struct route_ipv6 *r, const struct tuntap *tt, unsigned int flags, const struct env_set *es);
 
 void delete_route_ipv6(const struct route_ipv6 *r, const struct tuntap *tt, unsigned int flags, const struct env_set *es);
diff --git a/src/openvpn/tun.c b/src/openvpn/tun.c
index 253d884b..1399aa83 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/tun.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/tun.c
@@ -839,6 +839,7 @@ delete_route_connected_v6_net(struct tuntap *tt,
     r6.gateway = tt->local_ipv6;
     r6.metric  = 0;                     /* connected route */
     r6.flags   = RT_DEFINED | RT_ADDED | RT_METRIC_DEFINED;
+    route_ipv6_clear_host_bits(&r6);
     delete_route_ipv6(&r6, tt, 0, es);
 }
 #endif /* if defined(_WIN32) || defined(TARGET_DARWIN) || defined(TARGET_NETBSD) || defined(TARGET_OPENBSD) */