diff --git a/l2tpns.c b/l2tpns.c
index 3f16c73..4c47734 100644
--- a/l2tpns.c
+++ b/l2tpns.c
@@ -1545,6 +1545,7 @@ static void routeset(sessionidt s, in_addr_t ip, int prefixlen, in_addr_t gw, in
 		struct rtmsg rt;
 		char buf[32];
 	} req;
+	int metric;
 	int i;
 	in_addr_t n_ip;
 
@@ -1583,6 +1584,8 @@ static void routeset(sessionidt s, in_addr_t ip, int prefixlen, in_addr_t gw, in
 		n_ip = htonl(gw);
 		rtnetlink_addattr(&req.nh, RTA_GATEWAY, &n_ip, sizeof(n_ip));
 	}
+	metric = 1;
+	rtnetlink_addattr(&req.nh, RTA_PRIORITY, &metric, sizeof(metric));
 
 	LOG(1, s, session[s].tunnel, "Route %s %s/%d%s%s\n", add ? "add" : "del",
 	    fmtaddr(htonl(ip), 0), prefixlen,
@@ -1703,7 +1706,7 @@ void route6set(sessionidt s, struct in6_addr ip, int prefixlen, int add)
 	rtnetlink_addattr(&req.nh, RTA_OIF, &idx, sizeof(idx));
 	rtnetlink_addattr(&req.nh, RTA_DST, &ip, sizeof(ip));
 	metric = 1;
-	rtnetlink_addattr(&req.nh, RTA_METRICS, &metric, sizeof(metric));
+	rtnetlink_addattr(&req.nh, RTA_PRIORITY, &metric, sizeof(metric));
 
 	LOG(1, s, session[s].tunnel, "Route %s %s/%d\n",
 	    add ? "add" : "del",