diff --git a/include/net/ip_vs.h b/include/net/ip_vs.h
index 632082300e77..4f4f786255ef 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_vs.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_vs.h
@@ -1349,8 +1349,6 @@ int ip_vs_protocol_init(void);
 void ip_vs_protocol_cleanup(void);
 void ip_vs_protocol_timeout_change(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, int flags);
 int *ip_vs_create_timeout_table(int *table, int size);
-int ip_vs_set_state_timeout(int *table, int num, const char *const *names,
-			    const char *name, int to);
 void ip_vs_tcpudp_debug_packet(int af, struct ip_vs_protocol *pp,
 			       const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
 			       const char *msg);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto.c
index 8ae480715cea..ca880a3ad033 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto.c
@@ -193,28 +193,6 @@ ip_vs_create_timeout_table(int *table, int size)
 }
 
 
-/*
- *	Set timeout value for state specified by name
- */
-int
-ip_vs_set_state_timeout(int *table, int num, const char *const *names,
-			const char *name, int to)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	if (!table || !name || !to)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
-		if (strcmp(names[i], name))
-			continue;
-		table[i] = to * HZ;
-		return 0;
-	}
-	return -ENOENT;
-}
-
-
 const char * ip_vs_state_name(__u16 proto, int state)
 {
 	struct ip_vs_protocol *pp = ip_vs_proto_get(proto);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
index 30d6b2cc00a0..0e5b64a75da0 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static int ip_vs_sync_conn_needed(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs,
 		if (!(cp->flags & IP_VS_CONN_F_TEMPLATE) &&
 		    pkts % sync_period != sysctl_sync_threshold(ipvs))
 			return 0;
-	} else if (sync_refresh_period <= 0 &&
+	} else if (!sync_refresh_period &&
 		   pkts != sysctl_sync_threshold(ipvs))
 		return 0;