diff --git a/scripts/targets-ipv6-multicast-echo.nse b/scripts/targets-ipv6-multicast-echo.nse
index f132d73d3..92aa8e201 100644
--- a/scripts/targets-ipv6-multicast-echo.nse
+++ b/scripts/targets-ipv6-multicast-echo.nse
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ local function single_interface_broadcast(if_nfo, results)
 			if reply.mac_dst == src_mac then
 				local target_str = packet.toipv6(reply.ip6_src)
 				if not results[target_str] then
-					target.add(target_str)
+					if target.ALLOW_NEW_TARGETS then
+						target.add(target_str)
+					end
 					results[#results + 1] = { address = target_str, mac = format_mac(reply.mac_src), iface = if_nfo.device }
 					results[target_str] = true
 				end
diff --git a/scripts/targets-ipv6-multicast-invalid-dst.nse b/scripts/targets-ipv6-multicast-invalid-dst.nse
index fb319b2ae..f75c84d53 100644
--- a/scripts/targets-ipv6-multicast-invalid-dst.nse
+++ b/scripts/targets-ipv6-multicast-invalid-dst.nse
@@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ local function single_interface_broadcast(if_nfo, results)
 				local reply = packet.Packet:new(layer3)
 				local target_str = packet.toipv6(reply.ip6_src)
 				if not results[target_str] then
-					target.add(target_str)
+					if target.ALLOW_NEW_TARGETS then
+						target.add(target_str)
+					end
 					results[#results + 1] = { address = target_str, mac = format_mac(l2reply.mac_src), iface = if_nfo.device }
 					results[target_str] = true
 				end
diff --git a/scripts/targets-ipv6-multicast-slaac.nse b/scripts/targets-ipv6-multicast-slaac.nse
index 93dfe5934..080e219ac 100644
--- a/scripts/targets-ipv6-multicast-slaac.nse
+++ b/scripts/targets-ipv6-multicast-slaac.nse
@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ local function single_interface_broadcast(if_nfo, results)
 					--A host will send several NS packets with the same interface identifier if it receives several RA packets with different prefix during the discovery phase.
 					local actual_addr_str = packet.toipv6(actual_prefix .. identifier)
 					if not results[actual_addr_str] then
-						target.add(actual_addr_str)
+						if target.ALLOW_NEW_TARGETS then
+							target.add(actual_addr_str)
+						end
 						results[#results + 1] = { address = actual_addr_str, mac = format_mac(l2reply.mac_src), iface = if_nfo.device }
 						results[actual_addr_str] = true
 					end