diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c
index a8eb0a89326a..610e19c0e13f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c
@@ -797,7 +797,6 @@ static void ip_vs_conn_expire(unsigned long data)
 			ip_vs_control_del(cp);
 
 		if (cp->flags & IP_VS_CONN_F_NFCT) {
-			ip_vs_conn_drop_conntrack(cp);
 			/* Do not access conntracks during subsys cleanup
 			 * because nf_conntrack_find_get can not be used after
 			 * conntrack cleanup for the net.