diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c b/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
index 93474b1bea4e0..fa9f1de58df46 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ int inet_sk_diag_fill(struct sock *sk, struct inet_connection_sock *icsk,
 	r->idiag_state = sk->sk_state;
 	r->idiag_timer = 0;
 	r->idiag_retrans = 0;
+	r->idiag_expires = 0;
 
 	if (inet_diag_msg_attrs_fill(sk, skb, r, ext,
 				     sk_user_ns(NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).sk),
@@ -314,9 +315,6 @@ int inet_sk_diag_fill(struct sock *sk, struct inet_connection_sock *icsk,
 		r->idiag_retrans = icsk->icsk_probes_out;
 		r->idiag_expires =
 			jiffies_delta_to_msecs(sk->sk_timer.expires - jiffies);
-	} else {
-		r->idiag_timer = 0;
-		r->idiag_expires = 0;
 	}
 
 	if ((ext & (1 << (INET_DIAG_INFO - 1))) && handler->idiag_info_size) {