diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
index fed598a202c8..b0acb2961e80 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
@@ -563,6 +563,10 @@ static void hwmp_preq_frame_process(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 		forward = false;
 		reply = true;
 		target_metric = 0;
+
+		if (SN_GT(target_sn, ifmsh->sn))
+			ifmsh->sn = target_sn;
+
 		if (time_after(jiffies, ifmsh->last_sn_update +
 					net_traversal_jiffies(sdata)) ||
 		    time_before(jiffies, ifmsh->last_sn_update)) {