diff --git a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
index 9e8ebac9b7e7ec5b66b7d12ce8f06facf741f7ed..f5019f698105b940e4d5b923a1a5ae04d207fc96 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
@@ -4188,7 +4188,7 @@ void batadv_tt_local_resize_to_mtu(struct net_device *soft_iface)
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&bat_priv->tt.commit_lock);
 
-	while (true) {
+	while (timeout) {
 		table_size = batadv_tt_local_table_transmit_size(bat_priv);
 		if (packet_size_max >= table_size)
 			break;