diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
index 4344e572b7f9..42da6e337276 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static void flow_offload_del(struct nf_flowtable *flow_table,
 
 	if (nf_flow_has_expired(flow))
 		flow_offload_fixup_ct(flow->ct);
-	else if (test_bit(NF_FLOW_TEARDOWN, &flow->flags))
+	else
 		flow_offload_fixup_ct_timeout(flow->ct);
 
 	flow_offload_free(flow);
@@ -361,8 +361,10 @@ static void nf_flow_offload_gc_step(struct flow_offload *flow, void *data)
 {
 	struct nf_flowtable *flow_table = data;
 
-	if (nf_flow_has_expired(flow) || nf_ct_is_dying(flow->ct) ||
-	    test_bit(NF_FLOW_TEARDOWN, &flow->flags)) {
+	if (nf_flow_has_expired(flow) || nf_ct_is_dying(flow->ct))
+		set_bit(NF_FLOW_TEARDOWN, &flow->flags);
+
+	if (test_bit(NF_FLOW_TEARDOWN, &flow->flags)) {
 		if (test_bit(NF_FLOW_HW, &flow->flags)) {
 			if (!test_bit(NF_FLOW_HW_DYING, &flow->flags))
 				nf_flow_offload_del(flow_table, flow);