diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 4a988ce4264c..4bcc36e4b2ef 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -66,22 +66,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conntrack_hash);
 
 struct conntrack_gc_work {
 	struct delayed_work	dwork;
-	u32			last_bucket;
+	u32			next_bucket;
 	bool			exiting;
 	bool			early_drop;
-	long			next_gc_run;
 };
 
 static __read_mostly struct kmem_cache *nf_conntrack_cachep;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(nf_conntrack_locks_all_lock);
 static __read_mostly bool nf_conntrack_locks_all;
 
-/* every gc cycle scans at most 1/GC_MAX_BUCKETS_DIV part of table */
-#define GC_MAX_BUCKETS_DIV	128u
-/* upper bound of full table scan */
-#define GC_MAX_SCAN_JIFFIES	(16u * HZ)
-/* desired ratio of entries found to be expired */
-#define GC_EVICT_RATIO	50u
+#define GC_SCAN_INTERVAL	(120u * HZ)
+#define GC_SCAN_MAX_DURATION	msecs_to_jiffies(10)
 
 static struct conntrack_gc_work conntrack_gc_work;
 
@@ -1226,17 +1221,13 @@ static void nf_ct_offload_timeout(struct nf_conn *ct)
 
 static void gc_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	unsigned int min_interval = max(HZ / GC_MAX_BUCKETS_DIV, 1u);
-	unsigned int i, goal, buckets = 0, expired_count = 0;
-	unsigned int nf_conntrack_max95 = 0;
+	unsigned long end_time = jiffies + GC_SCAN_MAX_DURATION;
+	unsigned int i, hashsz, nf_conntrack_max95 = 0;
+	unsigned long next_run = GC_SCAN_INTERVAL;
 	struct conntrack_gc_work *gc_work;
-	unsigned int ratio, scanned = 0;
-	unsigned long next_run;
-
 	gc_work = container_of(work, struct conntrack_gc_work, dwork.work);
 
-	goal = nf_conntrack_htable_size / GC_MAX_BUCKETS_DIV;
-	i = gc_work->last_bucket;
+	i = gc_work->next_bucket;
 	if (gc_work->early_drop)
 		nf_conntrack_max95 = nf_conntrack_max / 100u * 95u;
 
@@ -1244,22 +1235,21 @@ static void gc_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 		struct nf_conntrack_tuple_hash *h;
 		struct hlist_nulls_head *ct_hash;
 		struct hlist_nulls_node *n;
-		unsigned int hashsz;
 		struct nf_conn *tmp;
 
-		i++;
 		rcu_read_lock();
 
 		nf_conntrack_get_ht(&ct_hash, &hashsz);
-		if (i >= hashsz)
-			i = 0;
+		if (i >= hashsz) {
+			rcu_read_unlock();
+			break;
+		}
 
 		hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu(h, n, &ct_hash[i], hnnode) {
 			struct net *net;
 
 			tmp = nf_ct_tuplehash_to_ctrack(h);
 
-			scanned++;
 			if (test_bit(IPS_OFFLOAD_BIT, &tmp->status)) {
 				nf_ct_offload_timeout(tmp);
 				continue;
@@ -1267,7 +1257,6 @@ static void gc_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 
 			if (nf_ct_is_expired(tmp)) {
 				nf_ct_gc_expired(tmp);
-				expired_count++;
 				continue;
 			}
 
@@ -1299,7 +1288,14 @@ static void gc_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 		 */
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		cond_resched();
-	} while (++buckets < goal);
+		i++;
+
+		if (time_after(jiffies, end_time) && i < hashsz) {
+			gc_work->next_bucket = i;
+			next_run = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+	} while (i < hashsz);
 
 	if (gc_work->exiting)
 		return;
@@ -1310,40 +1306,17 @@ static void gc_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	 *
 	 * This worker is only here to reap expired entries when system went
 	 * idle after a busy period.
-	 *
-	 * The heuristics below are supposed to balance conflicting goals:
-	 *
-	 * 1. Minimize time until we notice a stale entry
-	 * 2. Maximize scan intervals to not waste cycles
-	 *
-	 * Normally, expire ratio will be close to 0.
-	 *
-	 * As soon as a sizeable fraction of the entries have expired
-	 * increase scan frequency.
 	 */
-	ratio = scanned ? expired_count * 100 / scanned : 0;
-	if (ratio > GC_EVICT_RATIO) {
-		gc_work->next_gc_run = min_interval;
-	} else {
-		unsigned int max = GC_MAX_SCAN_JIFFIES / GC_MAX_BUCKETS_DIV;
-
-		BUILD_BUG_ON((GC_MAX_SCAN_JIFFIES / GC_MAX_BUCKETS_DIV) == 0);
-
-		gc_work->next_gc_run += min_interval;
-		if (gc_work->next_gc_run > max)
-			gc_work->next_gc_run = max;
+	if (next_run) {
+		gc_work->early_drop = false;
+		gc_work->next_bucket = 0;
 	}
-
-	next_run = gc_work->next_gc_run;
-	gc_work->last_bucket = i;
-	gc_work->early_drop = false;
 	queue_delayed_work(system_power_efficient_wq, &gc_work->dwork, next_run);
 }
 
 static void conntrack_gc_work_init(struct conntrack_gc_work *gc_work)
 {
 	INIT_DEFERRABLE_WORK(&gc_work->dwork, gc_worker);
-	gc_work->next_gc_run = HZ;
 	gc_work->exiting = false;
 }