diff --git a/patch/kernel-ipv6-ra-metric-sysctl.patch b/patch/kernel-ipv6-ra-metric-sysctl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28ea47445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patch/kernel-ipv6-ra-metric-sysctl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+Allow user to set ipv6 Router Advertisement(RA) metric.
+
+Linux kernel allows user configured metric on IPv4 default
+routes learned via DHCP. For IPv6, default router is added
+via RA message, where currently a fixed metric value 1024
+is applied. We should allow user to set ipv6 RA metric.
+
+Fix:
+Add new field in ipv6_devconf for RA default route metric.
+    i.e accept_ra_defrtr_metric.
+Add accept_ra_defrtr_metric as sysctl.
+If accept_ra_defrtr_metric is set, then change metric on
+    default route, whenever new IPv6 RA is received.
+
+Note: Metric is changed on default route only when new IPv6
+    RA is received.
+
+Signed-off-by: Praveen Chaudhary <pchaudhary@linkedin.com>
+Signed-off-by: Zhenggen Xu <zxu@linkedin.com>
+diff --git a/include/linux/ipv6.h b/include/linux/ipv6.h
+index b9dfca5..9b70be7 100644
+--- a/include/linux/ipv6.h
++++ b/include/linux/ipv6.h
+@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct ipv6_devconf {
+ 	__s32		max_desync_factor;
+ 	__s32		max_addresses;
+ 	__s32		accept_ra_defrtr;
++	__u32		accept_ra_defrtr_metric;
+ 	__s32		accept_ra_min_hop_limit;
+ 	__s32		accept_ra_pinfo;
+ 	__s32		ignore_routes_with_linkdown;
+diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ipv6.h b/include/uapi/linux/ipv6.h
+index 8c27723..36d7097 100644
+--- a/include/uapi/linux/ipv6.h
++++ b/include/uapi/linux/ipv6.h
+@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ enum {
+ 	DEVCONF_MAX_ADDRESSES,
+ 	DEVCONF_FORCE_MLD_VERSION,
+ 	DEVCONF_ACCEPT_RA_DEFRTR,
++	DEVCONF_ACCEPT_RA_DEFRTR_METRIC,
+ 	DEVCONF_ACCEPT_RA_PINFO,
+ 	DEVCONF_ACCEPT_RA_RTR_PREF,
+ 	DEVCONF_RTR_PROBE_INTERVAL,
+diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+index 4ce7f91..529db12 100644
+--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
++++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ static struct ipv6_devconf ipv6_devconf __read_mostly = {
+ 	.max_desync_factor	= MAX_DESYNC_FACTOR,
+ 	.max_addresses		= IPV6_MAX_ADDRESSES,
+ 	.accept_ra_defrtr	= 1,
++	.accept_ra_defrtr_metric	= 0,
+ 	.accept_ra_from_local	= 0,
+ 	.accept_ra_min_hop_limit= 1,
+ 	.accept_ra_pinfo	= 1,
+@@ -262,6 +263,7 @@ static struct ipv6_devconf ipv6_devconf_dflt __read_mostly = {
+ 	.max_desync_factor	= MAX_DESYNC_FACTOR,
+ 	.max_addresses		= IPV6_MAX_ADDRESSES,
+ 	.accept_ra_defrtr	= 1,
++	.accept_ra_defrtr_metric	= 0,
+ 	.accept_ra_from_local	= 0,
+ 	.accept_ra_min_hop_limit= 1,
+ 	.accept_ra_pinfo	= 1,
+@@ -4951,6 +4953,7 @@ static inline void ipv6_store_devconf(struct ipv6_devconf *cnf,
+ 	array[DEVCONF_MAX_DESYNC_FACTOR] = cnf->max_desync_factor;
+ 	array[DEVCONF_MAX_ADDRESSES] = cnf->max_addresses;
+ 	array[DEVCONF_ACCEPT_RA_DEFRTR] = cnf->accept_ra_defrtr;
++	array[DEVCONF_ACCEPT_RA_DEFRTR_METRIC] = cnf->accept_ra_defrtr_metric;
+ 	array[DEVCONF_ACCEPT_RA_MIN_HOP_LIMIT] = cnf->accept_ra_min_hop_limit;
+ 	array[DEVCONF_ACCEPT_RA_PINFO] = cnf->accept_ra_pinfo;
+ #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_ROUTER_PREF
+@@ -5903,6 +5906,13 @@ static const struct ctl_table addrconf_sysctl[] = {
+ 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+ 	},
+ 	{
++		.procname	= "accept_ra_defrtr_metric",
++		.data		= &ipv6_devconf.accept_ra_defrtr_metric,
++		.maxlen		= sizeof(u32),
++		.mode		= 0644,
++		.proc_handler	= proc_douintvec,
++	},
++	{
+ 		.procname	= "accept_ra_min_hop_limit",
+ 		.data		= &ipv6_devconf.accept_ra_min_hop_limit,
+ 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+index 505d048..eb6f16f 100644
+--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
++++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+@@ -1279,8 +1279,12 @@ static void ndisc_router_discovery(struct sk_buff *skb)
+ 		rt->rt6i_flags = (rt->rt6i_flags & ~RTF_PREF_MASK) | RTF_PREF(pref);
+ 	}
+ 
+-	if (rt)
++	if (rt) {
+ 		rt6_set_expires(rt, jiffies + (HZ * lifetime));
++        /* Set metric as per ipv6 dev cnf */
++        if (in6_dev->cnf.accept_ra_defrtr_metric)
++            rt->rt6i_metric = in6_dev->cnf.accept_ra_defrtr_metric;
++    }
+ 	if (in6_dev->cnf.accept_ra_min_hop_limit < 256 &&
+ 	    ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit) {
+ 		if (in6_dev->cnf.accept_ra_min_hop_limit <= ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit) {
diff --git a/patch/series b/patch/series
index 32f66c8fc..f3394c962 100755
--- a/patch/series
+++ b/patch/series
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ netlink-add-NLA_MIN_LEN.patch
 macsec-Netlink-support-of-XPN-cipher-suites-IEEE-802.patch
 Support-for-fullcone-nat.patch
 driver-ixgbe-external-phy.patch
+kernel-ipv6-ra-metric-sysctl.patch
 #
 # This series applies on GIT commit 1451b36b2b0d62178e42f648d8a18131af18f7d8
 # Tkernel-sched-core-fix-cgroup-fork-race.patch