diff --git a/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic.h b/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic.h
index 26c37d3a5868ce2bf7e73ba98da5456006c02c53..a60ff17eafd8387d561fb4bdda43be1282adae19 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic.h
@@ -942,6 +942,7 @@ struct qlcnic_ipaddr {
 #define QLCNIC_LOOPBACK_TEST		2
 
 #define QLCNIC_FILTER_AGE	80
+#define QLCNIC_READD_AGE	20
 #define QLCNIC_LB_MAX_FILTERS	64
 
 struct qlcnic_filter {
diff --git a/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c b/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
index f047c7c48314ccd48c76df8d68babb5d24c796d5..5a3ce084c3914d0fcf764f3cce0785d1f59f3ca0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
@@ -1860,6 +1860,11 @@ qlcnic_send_filter(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter,
 	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(tmp_fil, tmp_hnode, n, head, fnode) {
 		if (!memcmp(tmp_fil->faddr, &src_addr, ETH_ALEN) &&
 			    tmp_fil->vlan_id == vlan_id) {
+
+			if (jiffies >
+			    (QLCNIC_READD_AGE * HZ + tmp_fil->ftime))
+				qlcnic_change_filter(adapter, src_addr, vlan_id,
+								tx_ring);
 			tmp_fil->ftime = jiffies;
 			return;
 		}