diff --git a/net/bridge/br_fdb.c b/net/bridge/br_fdb.c
index 6eb94b58637a72f5e5a435799f391b5338bc683b..08bf04bdac584ddfe6329967727d5afa71dac264 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_fdb.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_fdb.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ void br_fdb_cleanup(unsigned long _data)
 
 		hlist_for_each_entry_safe(f, n, &br->hash[i], hlist) {
 			unsigned long this_timer;
-			if (f->is_static || f->added_by_external_learn)
+			if (f->is_static)
 				continue;
 			this_timer = f->updated + delay;
 			if (time_before_eq(this_timer, jiffies))