diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index f237df408378c514e567676eb2272f659f8b3067..9f2807aeaf52d6a7c3ed00134051bf050c2ec5fe 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -1712,7 +1712,6 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_mesh_fwding(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
 			mpp_path_add(proxied_addr, mpp_addr, sdata);
 		} else {
 			spin_lock_bh(&mppath->state_lock);
-			mppath->exp_time = jiffies;
 			if (compare_ether_addr(mppath->mpp, mpp_addr) != 0)
 				memcpy(mppath->mpp, mpp_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 			spin_unlock_bh(&mppath->state_lock);