1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 81e2aa4ca1f..7b48035826e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -636,8 +636,12 @@ static noinline int early_drop(struct net *net, unsigned int hash)
 
         if (del_timer(&ct->timeout)) {
                 death_by_timeout((unsigned long)ct);
-                dropped = 1;
-                NF_CT_STAT_INC_ATOMIC(net, early_drop);
+                /* Check if we indeed killed this entry. Reliable event
+                   delivery may have inserted it into the dying list. */
+                if (test_bit(IPS_DYING_BIT, &ct->status)) {
+                        dropped = 1;
+                        NF_CT_STAT_INC_ATOMIC(net, early_drop);
+                }
         }
         nf_ct_put(ct);
         return dropped;