diff --git a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
index 3349376a9087..39b61426f168 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
@@ -643,9 +643,17 @@ static void __batadv_tt_local_event(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	ether_addr_copy(tt_change_node->change.addr, common->addr);
 	tt_change_node->change.vid = htons(common->vid);
 
-	tt_change_node->change.flags = flags;
 	del_op_requested = flags & BATADV_TT_CLIENT_DEL;
 
+	/* the ROAM flag is only meaningful for the receiver in combination
+	 * with a DEL. An ADD with ROAM would be interpreted as a roaming
+	 * advertisement
+	 */
+	if (!del_op_requested)
+		flags &= ~BATADV_TT_CLIENT_ROAM;
+
+	tt_change_node->change.flags = flags;
+
 	/* check for ADD+DEL, DEL+ADD, ADD+ADD or DEL+DEL events */
 	spin_lock_bh(&bat_priv->tt.changes_list_lock);
 	changes = READ_ONCE(bat_priv->tt.local_changes);
@@ -3342,8 +3350,12 @@ static bool batadv_tt_local_valid(void *entry_ptr,
 	if (tt_flags & BATADV_TT_CLIENT_NEW)
 		return false;
 
+	/* the entry is (still) announced. A ROAM flag of an entry which is
+	 * pending to be removed must not be transmitted. Otherwise, the
+	 * receiver would handle it like a roaming advertisement
+	 */
 	if (flags)
-		*flags = tt_flags;
+		*flags = tt_flags & ~BATADV_TT_CLIENT_ROAM;
 
 	return true;
 }