--- a/usr/src/uts/common/inet/ip/ip.c	Wed Sep 16 12:47:45 2009 -0700
+++ b/usr/src/uts/common/inet/ip/ip.c	Wed Sep 16 13:55:02 2009 -0700
@@ -13947,8 +13947,8 @@
 		 * ire_cache_lookup() can return ire of IRE_LOCAL in
 		 * transient cases. In such case, just drop the packet
 		 */
-		if (ire->ire_type != IRE_CACHE)
-			goto drop;
+		if (ire != NULL && ire->ire_type != IRE_CACHE)
+			goto indiscard;
 	}
 
 	/*