diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_conntrack.h b/include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_conntrack.h
index bace72a76cc4..4ced38736813 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_conntrack.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_conntrack.h
@@ -332,11 +332,28 @@ extern void need_ip_conntrack(void);
 extern int invert_tuplepr(struct ip_conntrack_tuple *inverse,
 			  const struct ip_conntrack_tuple *orig);
 
+extern void __ip_ct_refresh_acct(struct ip_conntrack *ct,
+			         enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo,
+			         const struct sk_buff *skb,
+			         unsigned long extra_jiffies,
+				 int do_acct);
+
+/* Refresh conntrack for this many jiffies and do accounting */
+static inline void ip_ct_refresh_acct(struct ip_conntrack *ct, 
+				      enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo,
+				      const struct sk_buff *skb,
+				      unsigned long extra_jiffies)
+{
+	__ip_ct_refresh_acct(ct, ctinfo, skb, extra_jiffies, 1);
+}
+
 /* Refresh conntrack for this many jiffies */
-extern void ip_ct_refresh_acct(struct ip_conntrack *ct,
-			       enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo,
-			       const struct sk_buff *skb,
-			       unsigned long extra_jiffies);
+static inline void ip_ct_refresh(struct ip_conntrack *ct,
+				 const struct sk_buff *skb,
+				 unsigned long extra_jiffies)
+{
+	__ip_ct_refresh_acct(ct, 0, skb, extra_jiffies, 0);
+}
 
 /* These are for NAT.  Icky. */
 /* Update TCP window tracking data when NAT mangles the packet */
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_amanda.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_amanda.c
index dc20881004bc..fa3f914117ec 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_amanda.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_amanda.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static int help(struct sk_buff **pskb,
 
 	/* increase the UDP timeout of the master connection as replies from
 	 * Amanda clients to the server can be quite delayed */
-	ip_ct_refresh_acct(ct, ctinfo, NULL, master_timeout * HZ);
+	ip_ct_refresh(ct, *pskb, master_timeout * HZ);
 
 	/* No data? */
 	dataoff = (*pskb)->nh.iph->ihl*4 + sizeof(struct udphdr);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c
index c1f82e0c81cf..ea65dd3e517a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c
@@ -1112,45 +1112,46 @@ void ip_conntrack_helper_unregister(struct ip_conntrack_helper *me)
 	synchronize_net();
 }
 
-static inline void ct_add_counters(struct ip_conntrack *ct,
-				   enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo,
-				   const struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_IP_NF_CT_ACCT
-	if (skb) {
-		ct->counters[CTINFO2DIR(ctinfo)].packets++;
-		ct->counters[CTINFO2DIR(ctinfo)].bytes += 
-					ntohs(skb->nh.iph->tot_len);
-	}
-#endif
-}
-
-/* Refresh conntrack for this many jiffies and do accounting (if skb != NULL) */
-void ip_ct_refresh_acct(struct ip_conntrack *ct, 
+/* Refresh conntrack for this many jiffies and do accounting if do_acct is 1 */
+void __ip_ct_refresh_acct(struct ip_conntrack *ct, 
 		        enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo,
 			const struct sk_buff *skb,
-			unsigned long extra_jiffies)
+			unsigned long extra_jiffies,
+			int do_acct)
 {
+	int do_event = 0;
+
 	IP_NF_ASSERT(ct->timeout.data == (unsigned long)ct);
+	IP_NF_ASSERT(skb);
+
+	write_lock_bh(&ip_conntrack_lock);
 
 	/* If not in hash table, timer will not be active yet */
 	if (!is_confirmed(ct)) {
 		ct->timeout.expires = extra_jiffies;
-		ct_add_counters(ct, ctinfo, skb);
+		do_event = 1;
 	} else {
-		write_lock_bh(&ip_conntrack_lock);
 		/* Need del_timer for race avoidance (may already be dying). */
 		if (del_timer(&ct->timeout)) {
 			ct->timeout.expires = jiffies + extra_jiffies;
 			add_timer(&ct->timeout);
-			/* FIXME: We loose some REFRESH events if this function
-			 * is called without an skb.  I'll fix this later -HW */
-			if (skb)
-				ip_conntrack_event_cache(IPCT_REFRESH, skb);
+			do_event = 1;
 		}
-		ct_add_counters(ct, ctinfo, skb);
-		write_unlock_bh(&ip_conntrack_lock);
 	}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IP_NF_CT_ACCT
+	if (do_acct) {
+		ct->counters[CTINFO2DIR(ctinfo)].packets++;
+		ct->counters[CTINFO2DIR(ctinfo)].bytes += 
+						ntohs(skb->nh.iph->tot_len);
+	}
+#endif
+
+	write_unlock_bh(&ip_conntrack_lock);
+
+	/* must be unlocked when calling event cache */
+	if (do_event)
+		ip_conntrack_event_cache(IPCT_REFRESH, skb);
 }
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK_NETLINK) || \
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_helper_pptp.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_helper_pptp.c
index 8236ee0fb090..926a6684643d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_helper_pptp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_helper_pptp.c
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ static int destroy_sibling_or_exp(const struct ip_conntrack_tuple *t)
 		DEBUGP("setting timeout of conntrack %p to 0\n", sibling);
 		sibling->proto.gre.timeout = 0;
 		sibling->proto.gre.stream_timeout = 0;
-		/* refresh_acct will not modify counters if skb == NULL */
 		if (del_timer(&sibling->timeout))
 			sibling->timeout.function((unsigned long)sibling);
 		ip_conntrack_put(sibling);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netbios_ns.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netbios_ns.c
index 71ef19d126d0..577bac22dcc6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netbios_ns.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netbios_ns.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static int help(struct sk_buff **pskb,
 	ip_conntrack_expect_related(exp);
 	ip_conntrack_expect_put(exp);
 
-	ip_ct_refresh_acct(ct, ctinfo, NULL, timeout * HZ);
+	ip_ct_refresh(ct, *pskb, timeout * HZ);
 out:
 	return NF_ACCEPT;
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_standalone.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_standalone.c
index d3c7808010ec..dd476b191f4b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_standalone.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_standalone.c
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(need_ip_conntrack);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip_conntrack_helper_register);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip_conntrack_helper_unregister);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip_ct_iterate_cleanup);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip_ct_refresh_acct);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ip_ct_refresh_acct);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip_conntrack_expect_alloc);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip_conntrack_expect_put);