diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 561a37833d86..a4082be1b9b4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -947,6 +947,10 @@ static void __ip_rt_update_pmtu(struct rtable *rt, struct flowi4 *fl4, u32 mtu)
 	if (mtu < ip_rt_min_pmtu)
 		mtu = ip_rt_min_pmtu;
 
+	if (rt->rt_pmtu == mtu &&
+	    time_before(jiffies, dst->expires - ip_rt_mtu_expires / 2))
+		return;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (fib_lookup(dev_net(dst->dev), fl4, &res) == 0) {
 		struct fib_nh *nh = &FIB_RES_NH(res);