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diff --git a/ldpd/neighbor.c b/ldpd/neighbor.c
index d40728b..2596c79 100644
--- a/ldpd/neighbor.c
+++ b/ldpd/neighbor.c
@@ -681,6 +681,18 @@ nbr_gtsm_setup(int fd, int af, struct nbr_params *nbrp)
if (nbrp && CHECK_FLAG(nbrp->flags, F_NBRP_GTSM_HOPS))
ttl = 256 - nbrp->gtsm_hops;
+ /*
+ * In linux networking stack, the received mpls packets
+ * will be processed by the host twice, one as mpls packet,
+ * the other as ip packet, so its ttl will be decreased 1.
+ * This behavior is based on the new kernel (5.10 and 6.1),
+ * and older versions may behave differently.
+ *
+ * Here, decrease 1 for IP_MINTTL if GTSM is enabled.
+ * And this workaround makes the GTSM mechanism a bit deviation.
+ */
+ ttl -= 1;
+
switch (af) {
case AF_INET:
if (sock_set_ipv4_minttl(fd, ttl) == -1)