exp->master->expecting++;
        list_add(&exp->list, &ip_conntrack_expect_list);
 
-       if (exp->master->helper->timeout) {
-               init_timer(&exp->timeout);
-               exp->timeout.data = (unsigned long)exp;
-               exp->timeout.function = expectation_timed_out;
-               exp->timeout.expires
-                       = jiffies + exp->master->helper->timeout * HZ;
-               add_timer(&exp->timeout);
-       } else
-               exp->timeout.function = NULL;
+       init_timer(&exp->timeout);
+       exp->timeout.data = (unsigned long)exp;
+       exp->timeout.function = expectation_timed_out;
+       exp->timeout.expires = jiffies + exp->master->helper->timeout * HZ;
+       add_timer(&exp->timeout);
 
        CONNTRACK_STAT_INC(expect_create);
 }