diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index ca7e835..87a9682 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -2065,6 +2065,16 @@ static int
 ctnetlink_change_expect(struct nf_conntrack_expect *x,
 			const struct nlattr * const cda[])
 {
+	/* Refresh the timeout */
+	if (cda[CTA_EXPECT_TIMEOUT]) {
+		if (!del_timer(&x->timeout))
+			return -ETIME;
+
+		x->timeout.expires = jiffies +
+			ntohl(nla_get_be32(cda[CTA_EXPECT_TIMEOUT])) * HZ;
+		add_timer(&x->timeout);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }