diff --git a/proto/ospf/neighbor.c b/proto/ospf/neighbor.c
index ff27cd41..9239894e 100644
--- a/proto/ospf/neighbor.c
+++ b/proto/ospf/neighbor.c
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ ospf_neighbor_new(struct ospf_iface *ifa)
   n->pool = pool;
   n->ifa = ifa;
   add_tail(&ifa->neigh_list, NODE n);
-  n->adj = 0;
   n->csn = 0;
   n->state = NEIGHBOR_DOWN;
 
@@ -179,8 +178,8 @@ ospf_neigh_chstate(struct ospf_neighbor *n, u8 state)
 
   if (state == NEIGHBOR_EXSTART)
   {
-    /* First time adjacency */
-    if (n->adj == 0)
+    /* First time adjacency attempt */
+    if (old_state < NEIGHBOR_EXSTART)
       n->dds = random_u32();
 
     n->dds++;
diff --git a/proto/ospf/ospf.h b/proto/ospf/ospf.h
index 90fbd562..35fd6672 100644
--- a/proto/ospf/ospf.h
+++ b/proto/ospf/ospf.h
@@ -363,7 +363,6 @@ struct ospf_neighbor
   u32 rid;			/* Router ID */
   ip_addr ip;			/* IP of it's interface */
   u8 priority;			/* Priority */
-  u8 adj;			/* built adjacency? */
   u32 options;			/* Options received */
 
   /* Entries dr and bdr store IP addresses in OSPFv2 and router IDs in