diff --git a/include/utils.h b/include/utils.h
index 82f1aa7d..1b4f939c 100644
--- a/include/utils.h
+++ b/include/utils.h
@@ -249,5 +249,6 @@ int do_each_netns(int (*func)(char *nsname, void *arg), void *arg,
 
 char *int_to_str(int val, char *buf);
 int get_guid(__u64 *guid, const char *arg);
+int get_real_family(int rtm_type, int rtm_family);
 
 #endif /* __UTILS_H__ */
diff --git a/ip/ipmroute.c b/ip/ipmroute.c
index 5d6922a2..133367a2 100644
--- a/ip/ipmroute.c
+++ b/ip/ipmroute.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ int print_mroute(const struct sockaddr_nl *who, struct nlmsghdr *n, void *arg)
 			return 0;
 	}
 
-	family = r->rtm_family == RTNL_FAMILY_IPMR ? AF_INET : AF_INET6;
+	family = get_real_family(r->rtm_type, r->rtm_family);
 
 	if (n->nlmsg_type == RTM_DELROUTE)
 		fprintf(fp, "Deleted ");
diff --git a/ip/iproute.c b/ip/iproute.c
index 4d7da023..0bc01368 100644
--- a/ip/iproute.c
+++ b/ip/iproute.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ int print_route(const struct sockaddr_nl *who, struct nlmsghdr *n, void *arg)
 	struct rtmsg *r = NLMSG_DATA(n);
 	int len = n->nlmsg_len;
 	struct rtattr *tb[RTA_MAX+1];
-	int host_len;
+	int host_len, family;
 	__u32 table;
 
 	SPRINT_BUF(b1);
@@ -363,13 +363,14 @@ int print_route(const struct sockaddr_nl *who, struct nlmsghdr *n, void *arg)
 		fprintf(fp, "%s ", rtnl_rtntype_n2a(r->rtm_type, b1, sizeof(b1)));
 
 	if (tb[RTA_DST]) {
+		family = get_real_family(r->rtm_type, r->rtm_family);
 		if (r->rtm_dst_len != host_len) {
 			fprintf(fp, "%s/%u ",
-			        rt_addr_n2a_rta(r->rtm_family, tb[RTA_DST]),
+				rt_addr_n2a_rta(family, tb[RTA_DST]),
 			        r->rtm_dst_len);
 		} else {
 			fprintf(fp, "%s ",
-			        format_host_rta(r->rtm_family, tb[RTA_DST]));
+				format_host_rta(family, tb[RTA_DST]));
 		}
 	} else if (r->rtm_dst_len) {
 		fprintf(fp, "0/%d ", r->rtm_dst_len);
@@ -377,13 +378,14 @@ int print_route(const struct sockaddr_nl *who, struct nlmsghdr *n, void *arg)
 		fprintf(fp, "default ");
 	}
 	if (tb[RTA_SRC]) {
+		family = get_real_family(r->rtm_type, r->rtm_family);
 		if (r->rtm_src_len != host_len) {
 			fprintf(fp, "from %s/%u ",
-			        rt_addr_n2a_rta(r->rtm_family, tb[RTA_SRC]),
+				rt_addr_n2a_rta(family, tb[RTA_SRC]),
 			        r->rtm_src_len);
 		} else {
 			fprintf(fp, "from %s ",
-			        format_host_rta(r->rtm_family, tb[RTA_SRC]));
+				format_host_rta(family, tb[RTA_SRC]));
 		}
 	} else if (r->rtm_src_len) {
 		fprintf(fp, "from 0/%u ", r->rtm_src_len);
diff --git a/lib/utils.c b/lib/utils.c
index 96604746..9ada7737 100644
--- a/lib/utils.c
+++ b/lib/utils.c
@@ -1156,3 +1156,12 @@ int get_guid(__u64 *guid, const char *arg)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+/* This is a necessary workaround for multicast route dumps */
+int get_real_family(int rtm_type, int rtm_family)
+{
+	if (rtm_type != RTN_MULTICAST)
+		return rtm_family;
+
+	return rtm_family == RTNL_FAMILY_IPMR ? AF_INET : AF_INET6;
+}