diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index ba81f3c39a837af31af507dd1b2c7f4a599fe479..3b1d2ee7156b00195376c674f605f5749a2daf64 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ static inline struct hlist_head *vxlan_fdb_head(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
 }
 
 /* Look up Ethernet address in forwarding table */
-static struct vxlan_fdb *vxlan_find_mac(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
+static struct vxlan_fdb *__vxlan_find_mac(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
 					const u8 *mac)
 
 {
@@ -316,6 +316,18 @@ static struct vxlan_fdb *vxlan_find_mac(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static struct vxlan_fdb *vxlan_find_mac(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
+					const u8 *mac)
+{
+	struct vxlan_fdb *f;
+
+	f = __vxlan_find_mac(vxlan, mac);
+	if (f)
+		f->used = jiffies;
+
+	return f;
+}
+
 /* Add/update destinations for multicast */
 static int vxlan_fdb_append(struct vxlan_fdb *f,
 			    __be32 ip, __be16 port, __u32 vni, __u32 ifindex)
@@ -353,7 +365,7 @@ static int vxlan_fdb_create(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
 	struct vxlan_fdb *f;
 	int notify = 0;
 
-	f = vxlan_find_mac(vxlan, mac);
+	f = __vxlan_find_mac(vxlan, mac);
 	if (f) {
 		if (flags & NLM_F_EXCL) {
 			netdev_dbg(vxlan->dev,
@@ -563,7 +575,6 @@ static void vxlan_snoop(struct net_device *dev,
 
 	f = vxlan_find_mac(vxlan, src_mac);
 	if (likely(f)) {
-		f->used = jiffies;
 		if (likely(f->remote.remote_ip == src_ip))
 			return;