diff --git a/include/net/neighbour.h b/include/net/neighbour.h
index 990f9b1d17092..d5767e25509cc 100644
--- a/include/net/neighbour.h
+++ b/include/net/neighbour.h
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ static inline void *neighbour_priv(const struct neighbour *n)
 #define NEIGH_UPDATE_F_OVERRIDE			0x00000001
 #define NEIGH_UPDATE_F_WEAK_OVERRIDE		0x00000002
 #define NEIGH_UPDATE_F_OVERRIDE_ISROUTER	0x00000004
+#define NEIGH_UPDATE_F_USE			0x10000000
 #define NEIGH_UPDATE_F_EXT_LEARNED		0x20000000
 #define NEIGH_UPDATE_F_ISROUTER			0x40000000
 #define NEIGH_UPDATE_F_ADMIN			0x80000000
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 8457d5f97022b..3e58037a8ae6f 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ static void neigh_update_hhs(struct neighbour *neigh)
 				lladdr instead of overriding it
 				if it is different.
 	NEIGH_UPDATE_F_ADMIN	means that the change is administrative.
-
+	NEIGH_UPDATE_F_USE	means that the entry is user triggered.
 	NEIGH_UPDATE_F_OVERRIDE_ISROUTER allows to override existing
 				NTF_ROUTER flag.
 	NEIGH_UPDATE_F_ISROUTER	indicates if the neighbour is known as
@@ -1255,6 +1255,12 @@ static int __neigh_update(struct neighbour *neigh, const u8 *lladdr,
 		goto out;
 
 	ext_learn_change = neigh_update_ext_learned(neigh, flags, &notify);
+	if (flags & NEIGH_UPDATE_F_USE) {
+		new = old & ~NUD_PERMANENT;
+		neigh->nud_state = new;
+		err = 0;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	if (!(new & NUD_VALID)) {
 		neigh_del_timer(neigh);
@@ -1963,22 +1969,20 @@ static int neigh_add(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 
 	if (protocol)
 		neigh->protocol = protocol;
-
 	if (ndm->ndm_flags & NTF_EXT_LEARNED)
 		flags |= NEIGH_UPDATE_F_EXT_LEARNED;
-
 	if (ndm->ndm_flags & NTF_ROUTER)
 		flags |= NEIGH_UPDATE_F_ISROUTER;
+	if (ndm->ndm_flags & NTF_USE)
+		flags |= NEIGH_UPDATE_F_USE;
 
-	if (ndm->ndm_flags & NTF_USE) {
+	err = __neigh_update(neigh, lladdr, ndm->ndm_state, flags,
+			     NETLINK_CB(skb).portid, extack);
+	if (!err && ndm->ndm_flags & NTF_USE) {
 		neigh_event_send(neigh, NULL);
 		err = 0;
-	} else
-		err = __neigh_update(neigh, lladdr, ndm->ndm_state, flags,
-				     NETLINK_CB(skb).portid, extack);
-
+	}
 	neigh_release(neigh);
-
 out:
 	return err;
 }