diff --git a/net/bridge/br_mdb.c b/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
index 1198a3dbad95bc3c8819e7777b520074556a795a..c94321955db711fdc964930c51a69d1290d39490 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ static int __br_mdb_del(struct net_bridge *br, struct br_mdb_entry *entry)
 		if (p->port->state == BR_STATE_DISABLED)
 			goto unlock;
 
+		entry->state = p->state;
 		rcu_assign_pointer(*pp, p->next);
 		hlist_del_init(&p->mglist);
 		del_timer(&p->timer);