diff --git a/include/linux/mroute.h b/include/linux/mroute.h
index 5396521..b8aadff 100644
--- a/include/linux/mroute.h
+++ b/include/linux/mroute.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <net/fib_rules.h>
 #include <net/fib_notifier.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/mroute.h>
+#include <linux/mroute_base.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_MROUTE
 static inline int ip_mroute_opt(int opt)
@@ -56,18 +57,6 @@ static inline bool ipmr_rule_default(const struct fib_rule *rule)
 }
 #endif
 
-struct vif_device {
-	struct net_device 	*dev;			/* Device we are using */
-	struct netdev_phys_item_id dev_parent_id;	/* Device parent ID    */
-	unsigned long	bytes_in,bytes_out;
-	unsigned long	pkt_in,pkt_out;		/* Statistics 			*/
-	unsigned long	rate_limit;		/* Traffic shaping (NI) 	*/
-	unsigned char	threshold;		/* TTL threshold 		*/
-	unsigned short	flags;			/* Control flags 		*/
-	__be32		local,remote;		/* Addresses(remote for tunnels)*/
-	int		link;			/* Physical interface index	*/
-};
-
 struct vif_entry_notifier_info {
 	struct fib_notifier_info info;
 	struct net_device *dev;
diff --git a/include/linux/mroute6.h b/include/linux/mroute6.h
index 3014c52..e5e5b82 100644
--- a/include/linux/mroute6.h
+++ b/include/linux/mroute6.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>	/* for struct sk_buff_head */
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/mroute6.h>
+#include <linux/mroute_base.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MROUTE
 static inline int ip6_mroute_opt(int opt)
@@ -62,16 +63,6 @@ static inline void ip6_mr_cleanup(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-struct mif_device {
-	struct net_device 	*dev;			/* Device we are using */
-	unsigned long	bytes_in,bytes_out;
-	unsigned long	pkt_in,pkt_out;		/* Statistics 			*/
-	unsigned long	rate_limit;		/* Traffic shaping (NI) 	*/
-	unsigned char	threshold;		/* TTL threshold 		*/
-	unsigned short	flags;			/* Control flags 		*/
-	int		link;			/* Physical interface index	*/
-};
-
 #define VIFF_STATIC 0x8000
 
 struct mfc6_cache {
diff --git a/include/linux/mroute_base.h b/include/linux/mroute_base.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0de651e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/mroute_base.h
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#ifndef __LINUX_MROUTE_BASE_H
+#define __LINUX_MROUTE_BASE_H
+
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+
+/**
+ * struct vif_device - interface representor for multicast routing
+ * @dev: network device being used
+ * @bytes_in: statistic; bytes ingressing
+ * @bytes_out: statistic; bytes egresing
+ * @pkt_in: statistic; packets ingressing
+ * @pkt_out: statistic; packets egressing
+ * @rate_limit: Traffic shaping (NI)
+ * @threshold: TTL threshold
+ * @flags: Control flags
+ * @link: Physical interface index
+ * @dev_parent_id: device parent id
+ * @local: Local address
+ * @remote: Remote address for tunnels
+ */
+struct vif_device {
+	struct net_device *dev;
+	unsigned long bytes_in, bytes_out;
+	unsigned long pkt_in, pkt_out;
+	unsigned long rate_limit;
+	unsigned char threshold;
+	unsigned short flags;
+	int link;
+
+	/* Currently only used by ipmr */
+	struct netdev_phys_item_id dev_parent_id;
+	__be32 local, remote;
+};
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IP_MROUTE_COMMON
+void vif_device_init(struct vif_device *v,
+		     struct net_device *dev,
+		     unsigned long rate_limit,
+		     unsigned char threshold,
+		     unsigned short flags,
+		     unsigned short get_iflink_mask);
+#else
+static inline void vif_device_init(struct vif_device *v,
+				   struct net_device *dev,
+				   unsigned long rate_limit,
+				   unsigned char threshold,
+				   unsigned short flags,
+				   unsigned short get_iflink_mask)
+{
+}
+#endif
+#endif
diff --git a/net/ipv4/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
index f48fe6f..80dad30 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
@@ -212,9 +212,14 @@ config NET_IPGRE_BROADCAST
 	  Network), but can be distributed all over the Internet. If you want
 	  to do that, say Y here and to "IP multicast routing" below.
 
+config IP_MROUTE_COMMON
+	bool
+	depends on IP_MROUTE || IPV6_MROUTE
+
 config IP_MROUTE
 	bool "IP: multicast routing"
 	depends on IP_MULTICAST
+	select IP_MROUTE_COMMON
 	help
 	  This is used if you want your machine to act as a router for IP
 	  packets that have several destination addresses. It is needed on the
diff --git a/net/ipv4/Makefile b/net/ipv4/Makefile
index 47a0a66..a07b7dd 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/Makefile
+++ b/net/ipv4/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL) += sysctl_net_ipv4.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PROC_FS) += proc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES) += fib_rules.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IP_MROUTE) += ipmr.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_IP_MROUTE_COMMON) += ipmr_base.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_IPIP) += ipip.o
 gre-y := gre_demux.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_FOU) += fou.o
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index 591d1fc..1370eda 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -945,6 +945,10 @@ static int vif_add(struct net *net, struct mr_table *mrt,
 	ip_rt_multicast_event(in_dev);
 
 	/* Fill in the VIF structures */
+	vif_device_init(v, dev, vifc->vifc_rate_limit,
+			vifc->vifc_threshold,
+			vifc->vifc_flags | (!mrtsock ? VIFF_STATIC : 0),
+			(VIFF_TUNNEL | VIFF_REGISTER));
 
 	attr.orig_dev = dev;
 	if (!switchdev_port_attr_get(dev, &attr)) {
@@ -953,20 +957,9 @@ static int vif_add(struct net *net, struct mr_table *mrt,
 	} else {
 		v->dev_parent_id.id_len = 0;
 	}
-	v->rate_limit = vifc->vifc_rate_limit;
+
 	v->local = vifc->vifc_lcl_addr.s_addr;
 	v->remote = vifc->vifc_rmt_addr.s_addr;
-	v->flags = vifc->vifc_flags;
-	if (!mrtsock)
-		v->flags |= VIFF_STATIC;
-	v->threshold = vifc->vifc_threshold;
-	v->bytes_in = 0;
-	v->bytes_out = 0;
-	v->pkt_in = 0;
-	v->pkt_out = 0;
-	v->link = dev->ifindex;
-	if (v->flags & (VIFF_TUNNEL | VIFF_REGISTER))
-		v->link = dev_get_iflink(dev);
 
 	/* And finish update writing critical data */
 	write_lock_bh(&mrt_lock);
@@ -2316,7 +2309,8 @@ static int __ipmr_fill_mroute(struct mr_table *mrt, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 
 	if (VIF_EXISTS(mrt, c->mfc_parent) &&
-	    nla_put_u32(skb, RTA_IIF, mrt->vif_table[c->mfc_parent].dev->ifindex) < 0)
+	    nla_put_u32(skb, RTA_IIF,
+			mrt->vif_table[c->mfc_parent].dev->ifindex) < 0)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
 	if (c->mfc_flags & MFC_OFFLOAD)
@@ -2327,6 +2321,8 @@ static int __ipmr_fill_mroute(struct mr_table *mrt, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	for (ct = c->mfc_un.res.minvif; ct < c->mfc_un.res.maxvif; ct++) {
 		if (VIF_EXISTS(mrt, ct) && c->mfc_un.res.ttls[ct] < 255) {
+			struct vif_device *vif;
+
 			if (!(nhp = nla_reserve_nohdr(skb, sizeof(*nhp)))) {
 				nla_nest_cancel(skb, mp_attr);
 				return -EMSGSIZE;
@@ -2334,7 +2330,8 @@ static int __ipmr_fill_mroute(struct mr_table *mrt, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 			nhp->rtnh_flags = 0;
 			nhp->rtnh_hops = c->mfc_un.res.ttls[ct];
-			nhp->rtnh_ifindex = mrt->vif_table[ct].dev->ifindex;
+			vif = &mrt->vif_table[ct];
+			nhp->rtnh_ifindex = vif->dev->ifindex;
 			nhp->rtnh_len = sizeof(*nhp);
 		}
 	}
@@ -2954,8 +2951,8 @@ struct ipmr_vif_iter {
 };
 
 static struct vif_device *ipmr_vif_seq_idx(struct net *net,
-					   struct ipmr_vif_iter *iter,
-					   loff_t pos)
+					    struct ipmr_vif_iter *iter,
+					    loff_t pos)
 {
 	struct mr_table *mrt = iter->mrt;
 
@@ -3020,7 +3017,8 @@ static int ipmr_vif_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 			 "Interface      BytesIn  PktsIn  BytesOut PktsOut Flags Local    Remote\n");
 	} else {
 		const struct vif_device *vif = v;
-		const char *name =  vif->dev ? vif->dev->name : "none";
+		const char *name =  vif->dev ?
+				    vif->dev->name : "none";
 
 		seq_printf(seq,
 			   "%2td %-10s %8ld %7ld  %8ld %7ld %05X %08X %08X\n",
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr_base.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr_base.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22758f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr_base.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* Linux multicast routing support
+ * Common logic shared by IPv4 [ipmr] and IPv6 [ip6mr] implementation
+ */
+
+#include <linux/mroute_base.h>
+
+/* Sets everything common except 'dev', since that is done under locking */
+void vif_device_init(struct vif_device *v,
+		     struct net_device *dev,
+		     unsigned long rate_limit,
+		     unsigned char threshold,
+		     unsigned short flags,
+		     unsigned short get_iflink_mask)
+{
+	v->dev = NULL;
+	v->bytes_in = 0;
+	v->bytes_out = 0;
+	v->pkt_in = 0;
+	v->pkt_out = 0;
+	v->rate_limit = rate_limit;
+	v->flags = flags;
+	v->threshold = threshold;
+	if (v->flags & get_iflink_mask)
+		v->link = dev_get_iflink(dev);
+	else
+		v->link = dev->ifindex;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vif_device_init);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/Kconfig b/net/ipv6/Kconfig
index ea71e4b..6794ddf 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv6/Kconfig
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ config IPV6_SUBTREES
 config IPV6_MROUTE
 	bool "IPv6: multicast routing"
 	depends on IPV6
+	select IP_MROUTE_COMMON
 	---help---
 	  Experimental support for IPv6 multicast forwarding.
 	  If unsure, say N.
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
index 295eb5e..e397990 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct mr6_table {
 	struct timer_list	ipmr_expire_timer;
 	struct list_head	mfc6_unres_queue;
 	struct list_head	mfc6_cache_array[MFC6_LINES];
-	struct mif_device	vif6_table[MAXMIFS];
+	struct vif_device	vif6_table[MAXMIFS];
 	int			maxvif;
 	atomic_t		cache_resolve_queue_len;
 	bool			mroute_do_assert;
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ struct ipmr_vif_iter {
 	int ct;
 };
 
-static struct mif_device *ip6mr_vif_seq_idx(struct net *net,
+static struct vif_device *ip6mr_vif_seq_idx(struct net *net,
 					    struct ipmr_vif_iter *iter,
 					    loff_t pos)
 {
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static int ip6mr_vif_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 		seq_puts(seq,
 			 "Interface      BytesIn  PktsIn  BytesOut PktsOut Flags\n");
 	} else {
-		const struct mif_device *vif = v;
+		const struct vif_device *vif = v;
 		const char *name = vif->dev ? vif->dev->name : "none";
 
 		seq_printf(seq,
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ static struct net_device *ip6mr_reg_vif(struct net *net, struct mr6_table *mrt)
 static int mif6_delete(struct mr6_table *mrt, int vifi, int notify,
 		       struct list_head *head)
 {
-	struct mif_device *v;
+	struct vif_device *v;
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct inet6_dev *in6_dev;
 
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ static int mif6_add(struct net *net, struct mr6_table *mrt,
 		    struct mif6ctl *vifc, int mrtsock)
 {
 	int vifi = vifc->mif6c_mifi;
-	struct mif_device *v = &mrt->vif6_table[vifi];
+	struct vif_device *v = &mrt->vif6_table[vifi];
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct inet6_dev *in6_dev;
 	int err;
@@ -980,21 +980,10 @@ static int mif6_add(struct net *net, struct mr6_table *mrt,
 					     dev->ifindex, &in6_dev->cnf);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 *	Fill in the VIF structures
-	 */
-	v->rate_limit = vifc->vifc_rate_limit;
-	v->flags = vifc->mif6c_flags;
-	if (!mrtsock)
-		v->flags |= VIFF_STATIC;
-	v->threshold = vifc->vifc_threshold;
-	v->bytes_in = 0;
-	v->bytes_out = 0;
-	v->pkt_in = 0;
-	v->pkt_out = 0;
-	v->link = dev->ifindex;
-	if (v->flags & MIFF_REGISTER)
-		v->link = dev_get_iflink(dev);
+	/* Fill in the VIF structures */
+	vif_device_init(v, dev, vifc->vifc_rate_limit, vifc->vifc_threshold,
+			vifc->mif6c_flags | (!mrtsock ? VIFF_STATIC : 0),
+			MIFF_REGISTER);
 
 	/* And finish update writing critical data */
 	write_lock_bh(&mrt_lock);
@@ -1332,7 +1321,7 @@ static int ip6mr_device_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 	struct net_device *dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
 	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
 	struct mr6_table *mrt;
-	struct mif_device *v;
+	struct vif_device *v;
 	int ct;
 
 	if (event != NETDEV_UNREGISTER)
@@ -1873,7 +1862,7 @@ int ip6mr_ioctl(struct sock *sk, int cmd, void __user *arg)
 {
 	struct sioc_sg_req6 sr;
 	struct sioc_mif_req6 vr;
-	struct mif_device *vif;
+	struct vif_device *vif;
 	struct mfc6_cache *c;
 	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
 	struct mr6_table *mrt;
@@ -1947,7 +1936,7 @@ int ip6mr_compat_ioctl(struct sock *sk, unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg)
 {
 	struct compat_sioc_sg_req6 sr;
 	struct compat_sioc_mif_req6 vr;
-	struct mif_device *vif;
+	struct vif_device *vif;
 	struct mfc6_cache *c;
 	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
 	struct mr6_table *mrt;
@@ -2018,7 +2007,7 @@ static int ip6mr_forward2(struct net *net, struct mr6_table *mrt,
 			  struct sk_buff *skb, struct mfc6_cache *c, int vifi)
 {
 	struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h;
-	struct mif_device *vif = &mrt->vif6_table[vifi];
+	struct vif_device *vif = &mrt->vif6_table[vifi];
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct dst_entry *dst;
 	struct flowi6 fl6;
