diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.h
index 71d1269fe4d4..3384859a8921 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.h
@@ -89,7 +89,11 @@ static inline void __nf_ct_set_timeout(struct nf_conn *ct, u64 timeout)
 {
 	if (timeout > INT_MAX)
 		timeout = INT_MAX;
-	WRITE_ONCE(ct->timeout, nfct_time_stamp + (u32)timeout);
+
+	if (nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct))
+		WRITE_ONCE(ct->timeout, nfct_time_stamp + (u32)timeout);
+	else
+		ct->timeout = (u32)timeout;
 }
 
 int __nf_ct_change_timeout(struct nf_conn *ct, u64 cta_timeout);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bpf.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bpf.c
index cd99e6dc1f35..34913521c385 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bpf.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bpf.c
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ __bpf_kfunc struct nf_conn *bpf_ct_insert_entry(struct nf_conn___init *nfct_i)
 	struct nf_conn *nfct = (struct nf_conn *)nfct_i;
 	int err;
 
+	nfct->status |= IPS_CONFIRMED;
 	err = nf_conntrack_hash_check_insert(nfct);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		nf_conntrack_free(nfct);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index c6a6a6099b4e..7ba6ab9b54b5 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -932,7 +932,6 @@ nf_conntrack_hash_check_insert(struct nf_conn *ct)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ct->status |= IPS_CONFIRMED;
 	smp_wmb();
 	/* The caller holds a reference to this object */
 	refcount_set(&ct->ct_general.use, 2);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index bfc3aaa2c872..6f3b23a6653c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -176,7 +176,12 @@ nla_put_failure:
 static int ctnetlink_dump_timeout(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nf_conn *ct,
 				  bool skip_zero)
 {
-	long timeout = nf_ct_expires(ct) / HZ;
+	long timeout;
+
+	if (nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct))
+		timeout = nf_ct_expires(ct) / HZ;
+	else
+		timeout = ct->timeout / HZ;
 
 	if (skip_zero && timeout == 0)
 		return 0;
@@ -2253,9 +2258,6 @@ ctnetlink_create_conntrack(struct net *net,
 	if (!cda[CTA_TIMEOUT])
 		goto err1;
 
-	timeout = (u64)ntohl(nla_get_be32(cda[CTA_TIMEOUT])) * HZ;
-	__nf_ct_set_timeout(ct, timeout);
-
 	rcu_read_lock();
  	if (cda[CTA_HELP]) {
 		char *helpname = NULL;
@@ -2316,6 +2318,12 @@ ctnetlink_create_conntrack(struct net *net,
 	nfct_seqadj_ext_add(ct);
 	nfct_synproxy_ext_add(ct);
 
+	/* we must add conntrack extensions before confirmation. */
+	ct->status |= IPS_CONFIRMED;
+
+	timeout = (u64)ntohl(nla_get_be32(cda[CTA_TIMEOUT])) * HZ;
+	__nf_ct_set_timeout(ct, timeout);
+
 	if (cda[CTA_STATUS]) {
 		err = ctnetlink_change_status(ct, cda);
 		if (err < 0)