diff --git a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
index 6300454a4014..d40d83949b00 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
@@ -1708,7 +1708,8 @@ static bool batadv_tt_global_add(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		ether_addr_copy(common->addr, tt_addr);
 		common->vid = vid;
 
-		common->flags = flags & (~BATADV_TT_SYNC_MASK);
+		if (!is_multicast_ether_addr(common->addr))
+			common->flags = flags & (~BATADV_TT_SYNC_MASK);
 
 		tt_global_entry->roam_at = 0;
 		/* node must store current time in case of roaming. This is
@@ -1772,7 +1773,8 @@ static bool batadv_tt_global_add(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		 * TT_CLIENT_TEMP, therefore they have to be copied in the
 		 * client entry
 		 */
-		common->flags |= flags & (~BATADV_TT_SYNC_MASK);
+		if (!is_multicast_ether_addr(common->addr))
+			common->flags |= flags & (~BATADV_TT_SYNC_MASK);
 
 		/* If there is the BATADV_TT_CLIENT_ROAM flag set, there is only
 		 * one originator left in the list and we previously received a