diff --git a/net/bridge/br_mdb.c b/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
index 95780652cdbf71d7e87b35314d54405ca87229b2..7cda9d1c5c93b66978357c596c6f53a9f4ae6ddb 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ static int br_mdb_add_group_sg(const struct br_mdb_config *cfg,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	rcu_assign_pointer(*pp, p);
-	if (!(flags & MDB_PG_FLAGS_PERMANENT))
+	if (!(flags & MDB_PG_FLAGS_PERMANENT) && !cfg->src_entry)
 		mod_timer(&p->timer,
 			  now + brmctx->multicast_membership_interval);
 	br_mdb_notify(cfg->br->dev, mp, p, RTM_NEWMDB);
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
index 74f17b56c9ebb6d30eaddb3920efc0a81550e0a5..e98bfe3c02e123a5746f286f1e11f88057bde7d2 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
+++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ struct br_mdb_config {
 	struct net_bridge_port		*p;
 	struct br_mdb_entry		*entry;
 	struct br_ip			group;
+	bool				src_entry;
 };
 #endif