diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.rst
index 2afccc63856e..1cfbf1add2fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.rst
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ conn_reuse_mode - INTEGER
 
 	0: disable any special handling on port reuse. The new
 	connection will be delivered to the same real server that was
-	servicing the previous connection. This will effectively
-	disable expire_nodest_conn.
+	servicing the previous connection.
 
 	bit 1: enable rescheduling of new connections when it is safe.
 	That is, whenever expire_nodest_conn and for TCP sockets, when
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
index c0b8215ab3d4..3a76da58d88b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
@@ -1976,7 +1976,6 @@ ip_vs_in(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, unsigned int hooknum, struct sk_buff *skb, int
 	struct ip_vs_proto_data *pd;
 	struct ip_vs_conn *cp;
 	int ret, pkts;
-	int conn_reuse_mode;
 	struct sock *sk;
 
 	/* Already marked as IPVS request or reply? */
@@ -2053,15 +2052,16 @@ ip_vs_in(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, unsigned int hooknum, struct sk_buff *skb, int
 	cp = INDIRECT_CALL_1(pp->conn_in_get, ip_vs_conn_in_get_proto,
 			     ipvs, af, skb, &iph);
 
-	conn_reuse_mode = sysctl_conn_reuse_mode(ipvs);
-	if (conn_reuse_mode && !iph.fragoffs && is_new_conn(skb, &iph) && cp) {
+	if (!iph.fragoffs && is_new_conn(skb, &iph) && cp) {
+		int conn_reuse_mode = sysctl_conn_reuse_mode(ipvs);
 		bool old_ct = false, resched = false;
 
 		if (unlikely(sysctl_expire_nodest_conn(ipvs)) && cp->dest &&
 		    unlikely(!atomic_read(&cp->dest->weight))) {
 			resched = true;
 			old_ct = ip_vs_conn_uses_old_conntrack(cp, skb);
-		} else if (is_new_conn_expected(cp, conn_reuse_mode)) {
+		} else if (conn_reuse_mode &&
+			   is_new_conn_expected(cp, conn_reuse_mode)) {
 			old_ct = ip_vs_conn_uses_old_conntrack(cp, skb);
 			if (!atomic_read(&cp->n_control)) {
 				resched = true;