diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
index 30d6b2cc00a09e20de22de35dda9c3c8c2fffa35..0e5b64a75da0521be40831f791eb8f3d7303f70e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static int ip_vs_sync_conn_needed(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs,
 		if (!(cp->flags & IP_VS_CONN_F_TEMPLATE) &&
 		    pkts % sync_period != sysctl_sync_threshold(ipvs))
 			return 0;
-	} else if (sync_refresh_period <= 0 &&
+	} else if (!sync_refresh_period &&
 		   pkts != sysctl_sync_threshold(ipvs))
 		return 0;