diff --git a/ospf6d/ospf6_asbr.c b/ospf6d/ospf6_asbr.c
index b47f0ca169..85abd9d011 100644
--- a/ospf6d/ospf6_asbr.c
+++ b/ospf6d/ospf6_asbr.c
@@ -1433,7 +1433,10 @@ void ospf6_asbr_redistribute_add(int type, ifindex_t ifindex,
 	memset(&tinfo, 0, sizeof(tinfo));
 
 	if (IS_OSPF6_DEBUG_ASBR)
-		zlog_debug("Redistribute %pFX (%s)", prefix, ZROUTE_NAME(type));
+		zlog_debug("Redistribute %pFX (%s)", prefix,
+			   type == DEFAULT_ROUTE
+				   ? "default-information-originate"
+				   : ZROUTE_NAME(type));
 
 	/* if route-map was specified but not found, do not advertise */
 	if (ROUTEMAP_NAME(red)) {
diff --git a/ospf6d/ospf6_nssa.c b/ospf6d/ospf6_nssa.c
index 89a72bf225..abaa16f411 100644
--- a/ospf6d/ospf6_nssa.c
+++ b/ospf6d/ospf6_nssa.c
@@ -1169,10 +1169,11 @@ static void ospf6_check_and_originate_type7_lsa(struct ospf6_area *area)
 	for (route = ospf6_route_head(
 		     area->ospf6->external_table);
 	     route; route = ospf6_route_next(route)) {
-		/* This means the Type-5 LSA was originated for this route */
-		if (route->path.origin.id != 0)
-			ospf6_nssa_lsa_originate(route, area);
+		struct ospf6_external_info *info = route->route_option;
 
+		/* This means the Type-5 LSA was originated for this route */
+		if (route->path.origin.id != 0 && info->type != DEFAULT_ROUTE)
+			ospf6_nssa_lsa_originate(route, area);
 	}
 
 	/* Loop through the aggregation table to originate type-7 LSAs
diff --git a/tests/topotests/ospf6_topo2/test_ospf6_topo2.py b/tests/topotests/ospf6_topo2/test_ospf6_topo2.py
index 8be461aeac..997058f926 100644
--- a/tests/topotests/ospf6_topo2/test_ospf6_topo2.py
+++ b/tests/topotests/ospf6_topo2/test_ospf6_topo2.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def test_ospfv3_expected_route_types():
             "numberOfIntraAreaRoutes": 1,
             "numberOfInterAreaRoutes": 2,
             "numberOfExternal1Routes": 0,
-            "numberOfExternal2Routes": 4,
+            "numberOfExternal2Routes": 3,
         },
     )