diff --git a/route.c b/route.c
index 3549e1a..21ff963 100644
--- a/route.c
+++ b/route.c
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ getaddr(int which, char *str, struct hostent **hpp, int nrflags)
                 */
                switch (which) {
                case RTA_DST:
-                       forcenet++;
+                       nrflags |= F_FORCENET;
 #if 0
                        bzero(su, sizeof(*su)); /* for readability */
 #endif
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ getaddr(int which, char *str, struct hostent **hpp, int nrflags)
                }
                *q = '/';
        }
-       if ((which != RTA_DST || forcenet == 0) &&
+       if ((which != RTA_DST || !(nrflags & F_FORCENET)) &&
            inet_aton(str, &su->sin.sin_addr)) {
                val = su->sin.sin_addr.s_addr;
                if (which != RTA_DST || forcehost ||
~