diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index 21a38e296fe2da2c4a095c94ab204362d9eacc89..5ad48ec7771007a0c01c8210001ecb17ab012863 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -891,8 +891,10 @@ 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 f2e2013f834621fe2598d9dd9b452b83cd4f9018..487ef3bc7bbcde7f3509b76b3a68aee9d2ab7e8b 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;
 }