diff --git a/sys/netinet6/icmp6.c b/sys/netinet6/icmp6.c
index 6ef0d445b402..29dd3edf841e 100644
--- a/sys/netinet6/icmp6.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/icmp6.c
@@ -2404,7 +2404,6 @@ icmp6_redirect_input(struct mbuf *m, int off)
 		    icmp6_redirect_diag(&src6, &reddst6, &redtgt6)));
 		goto bad;
 	}
-	/* validation passed */
 
 	icmp6len -= sizeof(*nd_rd);
 	nd6_option_init(nd_rd + 1, icmp6len, &ndopts);
@@ -2429,6 +2428,8 @@ icmp6_redirect_input(struct mbuf *m, int off)
 		goto bad;
 	}
 
+	/* Validation passed. */
+
 	/* RFC 2461 8.3 */
 	nd6_cache_lladdr(ifp, &redtgt6, lladdr, lladdrlen, ND_REDIRECT,
 	    is_onlink ? ND_REDIRECT_ONLINK : ND_REDIRECT_ROUTER);