diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c
index 288936f5c1bf..14e62b3263cd 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c
@@ -179,14 +179,25 @@ static int __nf_conncount_add(struct net *net,
 		return -ENOENT;
 
 	if (ct && nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct)) {
-		err = -EEXIST;
-		goto out_put;
+		/* local connections are confirmed in postrouting so confirmation
+		 * might have happened before hitting connlimit
+		 */
+		if (skb->skb_iif != LOOPBACK_IFINDEX) {
+			err = -EEXIST;
+			goto out_put;
+		}
+
+		/* this is likely a local connection, skip optimization to avoid
+		 * adding duplicates from a 'packet train'
+		 */
+		goto check_connections;
 	}
 
 	if ((u32)jiffies == list->last_gc &&
 	    (list->count - list->last_gc_count) < CONNCOUNT_GC_MAX_COLLECT)
 		goto add_new_node;
 
+check_connections:
 	/* check the saved connections */
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(conn, conn_n, &list->head, node) {
 		if (collect > CONNCOUNT_GC_MAX_COLLECT)