Tariq repored local pings to linklocal address is failing:
$ ifconfig ens8
ens8: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 11.141.16.6  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 11.141.255.255
        inet6 fe80::7efe:90ff:fecb:7502  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 7c:fe:90:cb:75:02  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 12  bytes 1164 (1.1 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 30  bytes 2484 (2.4 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

$  /bin/ping6 -c 3 fe80::7efe:90ff:fecb:7502%ens8
PING fe80::7efe:90ff:fecb:7502%ens8(fe80::7efe:90ff:fecb:7502) 56 data bytes

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>