diff --git a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
index 4082d05..f641dfe 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
@@ -1774,7 +1774,7 @@
 		}
 		spin_unlock_bh(list_lock);
 	}
-	orig_node->tt_initialised = false;
+	orig_node->capa_initialized &= ~BATADV_ORIG_CAPA_HAS_TT;
 }
 
 static bool batadv_tt_global_to_purge(struct batadv_tt_global_entry *tt_global,
@@ -2734,7 +2734,7 @@
 				return;
 		}
 	}
-	orig_node->tt_initialised = true;
+	orig_node->capa_initialized |= BATADV_ORIG_CAPA_HAS_TT;
 }
 
 static void batadv_tt_fill_gtable(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
@@ -3224,13 +3224,15 @@
 	uint8_t orig_ttvn = (uint8_t)atomic_read(&orig_node->last_ttvn);
 	struct batadv_tvlv_tt_vlan_data *tt_vlan;
 	bool full_table = true;
+	bool has_tt_init;
 
 	tt_vlan = (struct batadv_tvlv_tt_vlan_data *)tt_buff;
+	has_tt_init = orig_node->capa_initialized & BATADV_ORIG_CAPA_HAS_TT;
+
 	/* orig table not initialised AND first diff is in the OGM OR the ttvn
 	 * increased by one -> we can apply the attached changes
 	 */
-	if ((!orig_node->tt_initialised && ttvn == 1) ||
-	    ttvn - orig_ttvn == 1) {
+	if ((!has_tt_init && ttvn == 1) || ttvn - orig_ttvn == 1) {
 		/* the OGM could not contain the changes due to their size or
 		 * because they have already been sent BATADV_TT_OGM_APPEND_MAX
 		 * times.
@@ -3270,7 +3272,7 @@
 		/* if we missed more than one change or our tables are not
 		 * in sync anymore -> request fresh tt data
 		 */
-		if (!orig_node->tt_initialised || ttvn != orig_ttvn ||
+		if (!has_tt_init || ttvn != orig_ttvn ||
 		    !batadv_tt_global_check_crc(orig_node, tt_vlan,
 						tt_num_vlan)) {
 request_table: