diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c
index 493a5a0744af..eb342c7eef29 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ static int ovpn_udp4_output(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct ovpn_bind *bind,
 	if (rt)
 		goto transmit;
 
-	if (unlikely(!inet_confirm_addr(sock_net(sk), NULL, 0, fl.saddr,
-					RT_SCOPE_HOST))) {
+	if (fl.saddr && unlikely(!inet_confirm_addr(sock_net(sk), NULL, 0,
+						    fl.saddr, RT_SCOPE_HOST))) {
 		/* we may end up here when the cached address is not usable
 		 * anymore. In this case we reset address/cache and perform a
 		 * new look up
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ static int ovpn_udp6_output(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct ovpn_bind *bind,
 	if (dst)
 		goto transmit;
 
-	if (unlikely(!ipv6_chk_addr(sock_net(sk), &fl.saddr, NULL, 0))) {
+	if (!ipv6_addr_any(&fl.saddr) &&
+	    unlikely(!ipv6_chk_addr(sock_net(sk), &fl.saddr, NULL, 0))) {
 		/* we may end up here when the cached address is not usable
 		 * anymore. In this case we reset address/cache and perform a
 		 * new look up