diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
index 45cf602a76b..527651a53a4 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect.c
@@ -361,23 +361,6 @@ static void evict_oldest_expect(struct nf_conn *master,
 	}
 }
 
-static inline int refresh_timer(struct nf_conntrack_expect *i)
-{
-	struct nf_conn_help *master_help = nfct_help(i->master);
-	const struct nf_conntrack_expect_policy *p;
-
-	if (!del_timer(&i->timeout))
-		return 0;
-
-	p = &rcu_dereference_protected(
-		master_help->helper,
-		lockdep_is_held(&nf_conntrack_lock)
-		)->expect_policy[i->class];
-	i->timeout.expires = jiffies + p->timeout * HZ;
-	add_timer(&i->timeout);
-	return 1;
-}
-
 static inline int __nf_ct_expect_check(struct nf_conntrack_expect *expect)
 {
 	const struct nf_conntrack_expect_policy *p;
@@ -386,7 +369,7 @@ static inline int __nf_ct_expect_check(struct nf_conntrack_expect *expect)
 	struct nf_conn_help *master_help = nfct_help(master);
 	struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper;
 	struct net *net = nf_ct_exp_net(expect);
-	struct hlist_node *n;
+	struct hlist_node *n, *next;
 	unsigned int h;
 	int ret = 1;
 
@@ -395,12 +378,12 @@ static inline int __nf_ct_expect_check(struct nf_conntrack_expect *expect)
 		goto out;
 	}
 	h = nf_ct_expect_dst_hash(&expect->tuple);
-	hlist_for_each_entry(i, n, &net->ct.expect_hash[h], hnode) {
+	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(i, n, next, &net->ct.expect_hash[h], hnode) {
 		if (expect_matches(i, expect)) {
-			/* Refresh timer: if it's dying, ignore.. */
-			if (refresh_timer(i)) {
-				ret = 0;
-				goto out;
+			if (del_timer(&i->timeout)) {
+				nf_ct_unlink_expect(i);
+				nf_ct_expect_put(i);
+				break;
 			}
 		} else if (expect_clash(i, expect)) {
 			ret = -EBUSY;