diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 607976c001626a75afbf590411bf6ec1bbff26c0..7b4adde93c016b7e020306220e372524da9f5deb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static void vxlan_cleanup(unsigned long arg)
 				= container_of(p, struct vxlan_fdb, hlist);
 			unsigned long timeout;
 
-			if (f->state == NUD_PERMANENT)
+			if (f->state & NUD_PERMANENT)
 				continue;
 
 			timeout = f->used + vxlan->age_interval * HZ;