diff --git a/include/net/inetpeer.h b/include/net/inetpeer.h
index 00b5e7825508..74ff688568a0 100644
--- a/include/net/inetpeer.h
+++ b/include/net/inetpeer.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct inet_peer {
 
 	u32			metrics[RTAX_MAX];
 	u32			rate_tokens;	/* rate limiting for ICMP */
+	u32			n_redirects;
 	unsigned long		rate_last;
 	/*
 	 * Once inet_peer is queued for deletion (refcnt == 0), following field
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c b/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c
index d757b9642d0d..be778599bfed 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ struct inet_peer *inet_getpeer(struct inet_peer_base *base,
 			atomic_set(&p->rid, 0);
 			p->metrics[RTAX_LOCK-1] = INETPEER_METRICS_NEW;
 			p->rate_tokens = 0;
+			p->n_redirects = 0;
 			/* 60*HZ is arbitrary, but chosen enough high so that the first
 			 * calculation of tokens is at its maximum.
 			 */
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index ce92f73cf104..5163b64f8fb3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -887,13 +887,15 @@ void ip_rt_send_redirect(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	/* No redirected packets during ip_rt_redirect_silence;
 	 * reset the algorithm.
 	 */
-	if (time_after(jiffies, peer->rate_last + ip_rt_redirect_silence))
+	if (time_after(jiffies, peer->rate_last + ip_rt_redirect_silence)) {
 		peer->rate_tokens = 0;
+		peer->n_redirects = 0;
+	}
 
 	/* Too many ignored redirects; do not send anything
 	 * set dst.rate_last to the last seen redirected packet.
 	 */
-	if (peer->rate_tokens >= ip_rt_redirect_number) {
+	if (peer->n_redirects >= ip_rt_redirect_number) {
 		peer->rate_last = jiffies;
 		goto out_put_peer;
 	}
@@ -910,6 +912,7 @@ void ip_rt_send_redirect(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		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)