diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 4df2c7abca1e..99e960c445d4 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1065,6 +1065,9 @@ int ipv6_dev_get_saddr(struct net_device *daddr_dev,
 				if (hiscore.attrs & IPV6_SADDR_SCORE_PRIVACY)
 					continue;
 			}
+#else
+			if (hiscore.rule < 7)
+				hiscore.rule++;
 #endif
 			/* Rule 8: Use longest matching prefix */
 			if (hiscore.rule < 8) {