diff --git a/ospfd/ospf_lsa.c b/ospfd/ospf_lsa.c
index e0e05ab..109a120 100644
--- a/ospfd/ospf_lsa.c
+++ b/ospfd/ospf_lsa.c
@@ -2794,7 +2794,7 @@
 }
 
 
-static int
+int
 ospf_check_nbr_status (struct ospf *ospf)
 {
   struct listnode *node, *nnode;
diff --git a/ospfd/ospf_lsa.h b/ospfd/ospf_lsa.h
index 9ff2d92..c71877d 100644
--- a/ospfd/ospf_lsa.h
+++ b/ospfd/ospf_lsa.h
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@
 extern void lsa_header_set (struct stream *, u_char, u_char, struct in_addr,
 		     struct in_addr);
 extern struct ospf_neighbor *ospf_nbr_lookup_ptop (struct ospf_interface *);
+extern int ospf_check_nbr_status (struct ospf *);
 
 /* Prototype for LSA primitive. */
 extern struct ospf_lsa *ospf_lsa_new (void);
diff --git a/ospfd/ospf_packet.c b/ospfd/ospf_packet.c
index d3f1b56..37223fb 100644
--- a/ospfd/ospf_packet.c
+++ b/ospfd/ospf_packet.c
@@ -1833,8 +1833,7 @@
 	 then take the following actions: */
 
       if (IS_LSA_MAXAGE (lsa) && !current &&
-	  (ospf_nbr_count (oi, NSM_Exchange) +
-	   ospf_nbr_count (oi, NSM_Loading)) == 0)
+	  ospf_check_nbr_status(oi->ospf))
 	{
 	  /* (4a) Response Link State Acknowledgment. */
 	  ospf_ls_ack_send (nbr, lsa);