diff --git a/libi2pd/Tunnel.cpp b/libi2pd/Tunnel.cpp
index e7b38686..76504e1f 100644
--- a/libi2pd/Tunnel.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/Tunnel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-* Copyright (c) 2013-2020, The PurpleI2P Project
+* Copyright (c) 2013-2021, The PurpleI2P Project
 *
 * This file is part of Purple i2pd project and licensed under BSD3
 *
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ namespace tunnel
 							// let it die if the tunnel pool has been reconfigured and this is old
 							if (pool && tunnel->GetNumHops() == pool->GetNumOutboundHops())
 							{
-								tunnel->SetIsRecreated ();
+								tunnel->SetRecreated (true);
 								pool->RecreateOutboundTunnel (tunnel);
 							}
 						}
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ namespace tunnel
 							// let it die if the tunnel pool was reconfigured and has different number of hops
 							if (pool && tunnel->GetNumHops() == pool->GetNumInboundHops())
 							{
-								tunnel->SetIsRecreated ();
+								tunnel->SetRecreated (true);
 								pool->RecreateInboundTunnel (tunnel);
 							}
 						}
diff --git a/libi2pd/Tunnel.h b/libi2pd/Tunnel.h
index acfa21e8..a1fd247a 100644
--- a/libi2pd/Tunnel.h
+++ b/libi2pd/Tunnel.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-* Copyright (c) 2013-2020, The PurpleI2P Project
+* Copyright (c) 2013-2021, The PurpleI2P Project
 *
 * This file is part of Purple i2pd project and licensed under BSD3
 *
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace tunnel
 			bool IsEstablished () const { return m_State == eTunnelStateEstablished; };
 			bool IsFailed () const { return m_State == eTunnelStateFailed; };
 			bool IsRecreated () const { return m_IsRecreated; };
-			void SetIsRecreated () { m_IsRecreated = true; };
+			void SetRecreated (bool recreated) { m_IsRecreated = recreated; };
 			int GetNumHops () const { return m_Hops.size (); };
 			virtual bool IsInbound() const = 0;
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ namespace tunnel
 			std::vector<std::unique_ptr<TunnelHop> > m_Hops;
 			std::shared_ptr<TunnelPool> m_Pool; // pool, tunnel belongs to, or null
 			TunnelState m_State;
-			bool m_IsRecreated;
+			bool m_IsRecreated; // if tunnel is replaced by new, or new tunnel requested to replace 
 			uint64_t m_Latency; // in milliseconds
 	};
 
diff --git a/libi2pd/TunnelPool.cpp b/libi2pd/TunnelPool.cpp
index 05eed7e5..7a5721fb 100644
--- a/libi2pd/TunnelPool.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/TunnelPool.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,17 @@ namespace tunnel
 		if (!m_IsActive) return;
 		{
 			std::unique_lock<std::mutex> l(m_InboundTunnelsMutex);
+			if (createdTunnel->IsRecreated ())
+			{	
+				// find and mark old tunnel as expired
+				createdTunnel->SetRecreated (false);
+				for (auto& it: m_InboundTunnels)
+					if (it->IsRecreated () && it->GetNextIdentHash () == createdTunnel->GetNextIdentHash ())
+					{
+						it->SetState (eTunnelStateExpiring);
+						break;
+					}	
+			}	
 			m_InboundTunnels.insert (createdTunnel);
 		}
 		if (m_LocalDestination)
@@ -577,6 +588,8 @@ namespace tunnel
 			auto newTunnel = tunnels.CreateInboundTunnel (config, shared_from_this(), outboundTunnel);
 			if (newTunnel->IsEstablished ()) // zero hops
 				TunnelCreated (newTunnel);
+			else
+				newTunnel->SetRecreated (true);
 		}
 	}