diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index c3a38353f5dc8094de5c1dcec06ae54ab0b29a9e..9d1e555496e35fa878cb61491336391b93c5183f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -882,8 +882,10 @@ static struct mfc_cache *ipmr_cache_alloc(void)
 {
 	struct mfc_cache *c = kmem_cache_zalloc(mrt_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 
-	if (c)
+	if (c) {
+		c->mfc_un.res.last_assert = jiffies - MFC_ASSERT_THRESH - 1;
 		c->mfc_un.res.minvif = MAXVIFS;
+	}
 	return c;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
index a10e77103c88dfc952f80c645a7b87c57b8f6dbf..e207cb2468dab0799422b2fc4620d729ed09a44b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
@@ -1074,6 +1074,7 @@ static struct mfc6_cache *ip6mr_cache_alloc(void)
 	struct mfc6_cache *c = kmem_cache_zalloc(mrt_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!c)
 		return NULL;
+	c->mfc_un.res.last_assert = jiffies - MFC_ASSERT_THRESH - 1;
 	c->mfc_un.res.minvif = MAXMIFS;
 	return c;
 }