1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 4a2cce1e1ced..120588333c73 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conntrack_tuple_taken);
 
 /* There's a small race here where we may free a just-assured
    connection.  Too bad: we're in trouble anyway. */
-static int early_drop(unsigned int hash)
+static noinline int early_drop(unsigned int hash)
 {
         /* Use oldest entry, which is roughly LRU */
         struct nf_conntrack_tuple_hash *h;
@@ -472,8 +472,8 @@ struct nf_conn *nf_conntrack_alloc(const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *orig,
         /* We don't want any race condition at early drop stage */
         atomic_inc(&nf_conntrack_count);
 
-        if (nf_conntrack_max
-            && atomic_read(&nf_conntrack_count) > nf_conntrack_max) {
+        if (nf_conntrack_max &&
+            unlikely(atomic_read(&nf_conntrack_count) > nf_conntrack_max)) {
                 unsigned int hash = hash_conntrack(orig);
                 if (!early_drop(hash)) {
                         atomic_dec(&nf_conntrack_count);