diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
index c7c42e7acc31004d10ba3adaa0f42c1e9131b127..5d4f8e586e32e6489da5fb7ff5d1525a5b8fe1b1 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
@@ -307,6 +307,12 @@ static inline int nf_ct_is_untracked(const struct nf_conn *ct)
 	return test_bit(IPS_UNTRACKED_BIT, &ct->status);
 }
 
+/* Packet is received from loopback */
+static inline bool nf_is_loopback_packet(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return skb->dev && skb->skb_iif && skb->dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK;
+}
+
 extern int nf_conntrack_set_hashsize(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp);
 extern unsigned int nf_conntrack_htable_size;
 extern unsigned int nf_conntrack_max;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c
index db10075dd88e4720e1ba97bf7365b424e2fb124b..de9da21113a11be6c9f57b15a97b3936a574e512 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c
@@ -121,7 +121,9 @@ static unsigned int ipv4_confirm(unsigned int hooknum,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (test_bit(IPS_SEQ_ADJUST_BIT, &ct->status)) {
+	/* adjust seqs for loopback traffic only in outgoing direction */
+	if (test_bit(IPS_SEQ_ADJUST_BIT, &ct->status) &&
+	    !nf_is_loopback_packet(skb)) {
 		typeof(nf_nat_seq_adjust_hook) seq_adjust;
 
 		seq_adjust = rcu_dereference(nf_nat_seq_adjust_hook);