diff --git a/tools/frr-reload.py b/tools/frr-reload.py
index bf39dcc03f..200279b125 100755
--- a/tools/frr-reload.py
+++ b/tools/frr-reload.py
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class Config(object):
             # Compress duplicate whitespaces
             line = ' '.join(line.split())
 
-            if ":" in line:
+            if ":" in line and not "ipv6 add":
                 qv6_line = get_normalized_ipv6_line(line)
                 self.lines.append(qv6_line)
             else: