diff --git a/route.go b/route.go
index b45fa31..6eac01e 100644
--- a/route.go
+++ b/route.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 // gateway. Advanced route parameters and non-main routing tables are
 // currently not supported.
 type Route struct {
-	Link Link
-	Dst  net.IPNet
+	Link *Link
+	Dst  *net.IPNet
 	Src  net.IP
 	Gw   net.IP
 }
diff --git a/route_linux.go b/route_linux.go
index 824463e..2825bf1 100644
--- a/route_linux.go
+++ b/route_linux.go
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func RouteList(link *Link, family int) ([]Route, error) {
 			case syscall.RTA_PREFSRC:
 				route.Src = net.IP(attr.Value)
 			case syscall.RTA_DST:
-				route.Dst = net.IPNet{
+				route.Dst = &net.IPNet{
 					IP:   attr.Value,
 					Mask: net.CIDRMask(int(msg.Dst_len), 8*len(attr.Value)),
 				}
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func RouteList(link *Link, family int) ([]Route, error) {
 					continue
 				}
 				resLink, _ := LinkByIndex(index)
-				route.Link = *resLink
+				route.Link = resLink
 			}
 		}
 		res = append(res, route)
diff --git a/route_test.go b/route_test.go
index c34667a..77afc6b 100644
--- a/route_test.go
+++ b/route_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func TestRouteAddDel(t *testing.T) {
 	_, dst, err := net.ParseCIDR("192.168.0.0/24")
 
 	ip := net.ParseIP("127.1.1.1")
-	route := Route{Link: *link, Dst: *dst, Src: ip}
+	route := Route{Link: link, Dst: dst, Src: ip}
 	err = RouteAdd(&route)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)