1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c
index 46aa59955299..77c7ccd492b5 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.c
+++ b/net/tipc/link.c
@@ -649,7 +649,9 @@ static void link_state_event(struct tipc_link *l_ptr, unsigned int event)
                         break;
                 case STARTING_EVT:
                         l_ptr->flags |= LINK_STARTED;
-                        /* fall through */
+                        l_ptr->fsm_msg_cnt++;
+                        link_set_timer(l_ptr, cont_intv);
+                        break;
                 case TIMEOUT_EVT:
                         tipc_link_proto_xmit(l_ptr, RESET_MSG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
                         l_ptr->fsm_msg_cnt++;