diff --git a/scapy/arch/linux.py b/scapy/arch/linux.py
index 8e9d5fb1b7c4447bd78543f8d64d278f0212de39..68089bd00b718721cf1851756d2a5b010354f4f9 100644
--- a/scapy/arch/linux.py
+++ b/scapy/arch/linux.py
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ def read_routes6():
             cset = ['::1']
         else:
             devaddrs = filter(lambda x: x[2] == dev, lifaddr)
-            cset = scapy.utils6.construct_source_candidate_set(d, dp, devaddrs)
+            cset = scapy.utils6.construct_source_candidate_set(d, dp, devaddrs, LOOPBACK_NAME)
         
         if len(cset) != 0:
             routes.append((d, dp, nh, dev, cset))
diff --git a/scapy/arch/unix.py b/scapy/arch/unix.py
index e2f5233af3a36be46718f0641409544c9decd9bc..11452c5e300503ff50beeca91c3e1bb217f79239 100644
--- a/scapy/arch/unix.py
+++ b/scapy/arch/unix.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def read_routes6():
             nh = '::'
         else:
             devaddrs = filter(lambda x: x[2] == dev, lifaddr)
-            cset = construct_source_candidate_set(d, dp, devaddrs)
+            cset = construct_source_candidate_set(d, dp, devaddrs, scapy.arch.LOOPBACK_NAME)
 
         if len(cset) != 0:
             routes.append((d, dp, nh, dev, cset))
diff --git a/scapy/utils6.py b/scapy/utils6.py
index 51965428e55ac37c63a444482b4490848be017c1..4f9b096734d6c48a59d0b8a96ade79ba37ae3841 100644
--- a/scapy/utils6.py
+++ b/scapy/utils6.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from data import *
 from utils import *
 
 
-def construct_source_candidate_set(addr, plen, laddr):
+def construct_source_candidate_set(addr, plen, laddr, loname):
     """
     Given all addresses assigned to a specific interface ('laddr' parameter),
     this function returns the "candidate set" associated with 'addr/plen'.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def construct_source_candidate_set(addr, plen, laddr):
 	cset = filter(lambda x: x[1] == IPV6_ADDR_SITELOCAL, laddr)
     elif in6_ismaddr(addr):
 	if in6_ismnladdr(addr):
-	    cset = [('::1', 16, LOOPBACK_NAME)]
+	    cset = [('::1', 16, loname)]
 	elif in6_ismgladdr(addr):
 	    cset = filter(lambda x: x[1] == IPV6_ADDR_GLOBAL, laddr)
 	elif in6_ismlladdr(addr):