diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
index 4dfe0d9a57bb..7afff42612e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
@@ -2511,7 +2511,7 @@ temp_valid_lft - INTEGER
 temp_prefered_lft - INTEGER
 	Preferred lifetime (in seconds) for temporary addresses. If
 	temp_prefered_lft is less than the minimum required lifetime (typically
-	5 seconds), the preferred lifetime is the minimum required. If
+	5 seconds), temporary addresses will not be created. If
 	temp_prefered_lft is greater than temp_valid_lft, the preferred lifetime
 	is temp_valid_lft.
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 2692a7b24c40..733ace18806c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1407,23 +1407,15 @@ retry:
 
 	write_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
 
-	/* From RFC 4941:
-	 *
-	 *     A temporary address is created only if this calculated Preferred
-	 *     Lifetime is greater than REGEN_ADVANCE time units.  In
-	 *     particular, an implementation must not create a temporary address
-	 *     with a zero Preferred Lifetime.
-	 *
-	 * Clamp the preferred lifetime to a minimum of regen_advance, unless
-	 * that would exceed valid_lft.
-	 *
+	/* A temporary address is created only if this calculated Preferred
+	 * Lifetime is greater than REGEN_ADVANCE time units.  In particular,
+	 * an implementation must not create a temporary address with a zero
+	 * Preferred Lifetime.
 	 * Use age calculation as in addrconf_verify to avoid unnecessary
 	 * temporary addresses being generated.
 	 */
 	age = (now - tmp_tstamp + ADDRCONF_TIMER_FUZZ_MINUS) / HZ;
-	if (cfg.preferred_lft <= regen_advance + age)
-		cfg.preferred_lft = regen_advance + age + 1;
-	if (cfg.preferred_lft > cfg.valid_lft) {
+	if (cfg.preferred_lft <= regen_advance + age) {
 		in6_ifa_put(ifp);
 		in6_dev_put(idev);
 		ret = -1;