nf_conntrack_free(ct);
 }
 
-void nf_ct_delete_from_lists(struct nf_conn *ct)
+static void nf_ct_delete_from_lists(struct nf_conn *ct)
 {
        struct net *net = nf_ct_net(ct);
 
                             &net->ct.dying);
        spin_unlock_bh(&nf_conntrack_lock);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_delete_from_lists);
 
 static void death_by_event(unsigned long ul_conntrack)
 {
        nf_ct_put(ct);
 }
 
-void nf_ct_dying_timeout(struct nf_conn *ct)
+static void nf_ct_dying_timeout(struct nf_conn *ct)
 {
        struct net *net = nf_ct_net(ct);
        struct nf_conntrack_ecache *ecache = nf_ct_ecache_find(ct);
                (prandom_u32() % net->ct.sysctl_events_retry_timeout);
        add_timer(&ecache->timeout);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_dying_timeout);
 
-static void death_by_timeout(unsigned long ul_conntrack)
+bool nf_ct_delete(struct nf_conn *ct, u32 portid, int report)
 {
-       struct nf_conn *ct = (void *)ul_conntrack;
        struct nf_conn_tstamp *tstamp;
 
        tstamp = nf_conn_tstamp_find(ct);
        if (tstamp && tstamp->stop == 0)
                tstamp->stop = ktime_to_ns(ktime_get_real());
 
-       if (!test_bit(IPS_DYING_BIT, &ct->status) &&
-           unlikely(nf_conntrack_event(IPCT_DESTROY, ct) < 0)) {
+       if (!nf_ct_is_dying(ct) &&
+           unlikely(nf_conntrack_event_report(IPCT_DESTROY, ct,
+           portid, report) < 0)) {
                /* destroy event was not delivered */
                nf_ct_delete_from_lists(ct);
                nf_ct_dying_timeout(ct);
-               return;
+               return false;
        }
        set_bit(IPS_DYING_BIT, &ct->status);
        nf_ct_delete_from_lists(ct);
        nf_ct_put(ct);
+       return true;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_delete);
+
+static void death_by_timeout(unsigned long ul_conntrack)
+{
+       nf_ct_delete((struct nf_conn *)ul_conntrack, 0, 0);
 }
 
 /*
                return dropped;
 
        if (del_timer(&ct->timeout)) {
-               death_by_timeout((unsigned long)ct);
-               /* Check if we indeed killed this entry. Reliable event
-                  delivery may have inserted it into the dying list. */
-               if (test_bit(IPS_DYING_BIT, &ct->status)) {
+               if (nf_ct_delete(ct, 0, 0)) {
                        dropped = 1;
                        NF_CT_STAT_INC_ATOMIC(net, early_drop);
                }
                /* Time to push up daises... */
                if (del_timer(&ct->timeout))
                        death_by_timeout((unsigned long)ct);
+
                /* ... else the timer will get him soon. */
 
                nf_ct_put(ct);
 
                }
        }
 
-       if (del_timer(&ct->timeout)) {
-               if (nf_conntrack_event_report(IPCT_DESTROY, ct,
-                                             NETLINK_CB(skb).portid,
-                                             nlmsg_report(nlh)) < 0) {
-                       nf_ct_delete_from_lists(ct);
-                       /* we failed to report the event, try later */
-                       nf_ct_dying_timeout(ct);
-                       nf_ct_put(ct);
-                       return 0;
-               }
-               /* death_by_timeout would report the event again */
-               set_bit(IPS_DYING_BIT, &ct->status);
-               nf_ct_delete_from_lists(ct);
-               nf_ct_put(ct);
-       }
+       if (del_timer(&ct->timeout))
+               nf_ct_delete(ct, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid, nlmsg_report(nlh));
+
        nf_ct_put(ct);
 
        return 0;