kfree(ifp);
 }
 
+static void
+ipv6_link_dev_addr(struct inet6_dev *idev, struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
+{
+       struct inet6_ifaddr *ifa, **ifap;
+
+       /*
+        * Each device address list is sorted in order of scope -
+        * global before linklocal.
+        */
+       for (ifap = &idev->addr_list; (ifa = *ifap) != NULL;
+            ifap = &ifa->if_next) {
+               if (ifp->scope > ifa->scope)
+                       break;
+       }
+
+       ifp->if_next = *ifap;
+       *ifap = ifp;
+}
+
 /* On success it returns ifp with increased reference count */
 
 static struct inet6_ifaddr *
 
        write_lock(&idev->lock);
        /* Add to inet6_dev unicast addr list. */
-       ifa->if_next = idev->addr_list;
-       idev->addr_list = ifa;
+       ipv6_link_dev_addr(idev, ifa);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_PRIVACY
        if (ifa->flags&IFA_F_TEMPORARY) {
                                        continue;
                        } else if (score.scope < hiscore.scope) {
                                if (score.scope < daddr_scope)
-                                       continue;
+                                       break; /* addresses sorted by scope */
                                else {
                                        score.rule = 2;
                                        goto record_it;