diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 7dcce724c78b..14654876127e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -916,16 +916,15 @@ void ip_rt_send_redirect(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (peer->rate_tokens == 0 ||
 	    time_after(jiffies,
 		       (peer->rate_last +
-			(ip_rt_redirect_load << peer->rate_tokens)))) {
+			(ip_rt_redirect_load << peer->n_redirects)))) {
 		__be32 gw = rt_nexthop(rt, ip_hdr(skb)->daddr);
 
 		icmp_send(skb, ICMP_REDIRECT, ICMP_REDIR_HOST, gw);
 		peer->rate_last = jiffies;
-		++peer->rate_tokens;
 		++peer->n_redirects;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE
 		if (log_martians &&
-		    peer->rate_tokens == ip_rt_redirect_number)
+		    peer->n_redirects == ip_rt_redirect_number)
 			net_warn_ratelimited("host %pI4/if%d ignores redirects for %pI4 to %pI4\n",
 					     &ip_hdr(skb)->saddr, inet_iif(skb),
 					     &ip_hdr(skb)->daddr, &gw);