diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 432f4bb77238..a8c651216fa6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -1163,8 +1163,12 @@ static bool rt_bind_exception(struct rtable *rt, struct fib_nh_exception *fnhe,
 	spin_lock_bh(&fnhe_lock);
 
 	if (daddr == fnhe->fnhe_daddr) {
-		struct rtable *orig;
-
+		struct rtable *orig = rcu_dereference(fnhe->fnhe_rth);
+		if (orig && rt_is_expired(orig)) {
+			fnhe->fnhe_gw = 0;
+			fnhe->fnhe_pmtu = 0;
+			fnhe->fnhe_expires = 0;
+		}
 		if (fnhe->fnhe_pmtu) {
 			unsigned long expires = fnhe->fnhe_expires;
 			unsigned long diff = expires - jiffies;
@@ -1181,7 +1185,6 @@ static bool rt_bind_exception(struct rtable *rt, struct fib_nh_exception *fnhe,
 		} else if (!rt->rt_gateway)
 			rt->rt_gateway = daddr;
 
-		orig = rcu_dereference(fnhe->fnhe_rth);
 		rcu_assign_pointer(fnhe->fnhe_rth, rt);
 		if (orig)
 			rt_free(orig);