--- /dev/null
+From aa7dbb1067b7d02e1354fe1e5664ccb7d259d649 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Balaji <balajig81@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:55:26 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] bgpd: Configured suppress value cannot be less than the reuse
+ value in bgp dampening
+
+RFC 2439, Section 4.2; the values pair up for hysteresis.
+
+Signed-off-by: Balaji.G <balajig81@gmail.com>
+Signed-off-by: David Lamparter <equinox@opensourcerouting.org>
+---
+ bgpd/bgp_route.c | 8 ++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_route.c b/bgpd/bgp_route.c
+index e7357e5..f84a72d 100644
+--- a/bgpd/bgp_route.c
++++ b/bgpd/bgp_route.c
+@@ -11976,6 +11976,14 @@ DEFUN (bgp_damp_set,
+ }
+
+ bgp = vty->index;
++
++ if (suppress < reuse)
++ {
++ vty_out (vty, "Suppress value cannot be less than reuse value %s",
++ VTY_NEWLINE);
++ return 0;
++ }
++
+ return bgp_damp_enable (bgp, bgp_node_afi (vty), bgp_node_safi (vty),
+ half, reuse, suppress, max);
+ }
+--
+2.7.0
+