nla_put_be32(skb, RTA_GATEWAY, rt->rt_gateway))
                goto nla_put_failure;
 
+       expires = rt->dst.expires;
+       if (expires) {
+               unsigned long now = jiffies;
+
+               if (time_before(now, expires))
+                       expires -= now;
+               else
+                       expires = 0;
+       }
+
        memcpy(metrics, dst_metrics_ptr(&rt->dst), sizeof(metrics));
-       if (rt->rt_pmtu)
+       if (rt->rt_pmtu && expires)
                metrics[RTAX_MTU - 1] = rt->rt_pmtu;
        if (rtnetlink_put_metrics(skb, metrics) < 0)
                goto nla_put_failure;
                goto nla_put_failure;
 
        error = rt->dst.error;
-       expires = rt->dst.expires;
-       if (expires) {
-               if (time_before(jiffies, expires))
-                       expires -= jiffies;
-               else
-                       expires = 0;
-       }
 
        if (rt_is_input_route(rt)) {
                if (nla_put_u32(skb, RTA_IIF, rt->rt_iif))