diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_fsm.c b/bgpd/bgp_fsm.c
index 0e3ed9f0d1..1a30cb37f4 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_fsm.c
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_fsm.c
@@ -2163,6 +2163,9 @@ bgp_establish(struct peer_connection *connection)
 	peer->established++;
 	bgp_fsm_change_status(connection, Established);
 
+	if (peer->last_reset == PEER_DOWN_WAITING_OPEN)
+		peer->last_reset = 0;
+
 	/* bgp log-neighbor-changes of neighbor Up */
 	if (CHECK_FLAG(peer->bgp->flags, BGP_FLAG_LOG_NEIGHBOR_CHANGES)) {
 		struct vrf *vrf = vrf_lookup_by_id(peer->bgp->vrf_id);