const char *message, bool roaming)
 {
        struct tt_global_entry *tt_global_entry = NULL;
+       struct tt_local_entry *tt_local_entry = NULL;
 
        tt_global_entry = tt_global_hash_find(bat_priv, addr);
        if (!tt_global_entry)
 
        if (tt_global_entry->orig_node == orig_node) {
                if (roaming) {
-                       tt_global_entry->flags |= TT_CLIENT_ROAM;
-                       tt_global_entry->roam_at = jiffies;
-                       goto out;
+                       /* if we are deleting a global entry due to a roam
+                        * event, there are two possibilities:
+                        * 1) the client roamed from node A to node B => we mark
+                        *    it with TT_CLIENT_ROAM, we start a timer and we
+                        *    wait for node B to claim it. In case of timeout
+                        *    the entry is purged.
+                        * 2) the client roamed to us => we can directly delete
+                        *    the global entry, since it is useless now. */
+                       tt_local_entry = tt_local_hash_find(bat_priv,
+                                                       tt_global_entry->addr);
+                       if (!tt_local_entry) {
+                               tt_global_entry->flags |= TT_CLIENT_ROAM;
+                               tt_global_entry->roam_at = jiffies;
+                               goto out;
+                       }
                }
                _tt_global_del(bat_priv, tt_global_entry, message);
        }
 out:
        if (tt_global_entry)
                tt_global_entry_free_ref(tt_global_entry);
+       if (tt_local_entry)
+               tt_local_entry_free_ref(tt_local_entry);
 }
 
 void tt_global_del_orig(struct bat_priv *bat_priv,