diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1a16fc30a9..cabd3f0b5e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ The following bugs are resolved with this release:
   [29214] nptl: pthread_setcanceltype fails to set type
   [29225] network: Mistyped define statement in socket/sys/socket.h in
     line 184
+  [29415] nscd: Fix netlink cache invalidation if epoll is used
   [29446] _dlopen now ignores dl_caller argument in static mode
   [29490] alpha: New __brk_call implementation is broken
   [29528] elf: Call __libc_early_init for reused namespaces
diff --git a/nscd/connections.c b/nscd/connections.c
index 61d1674eb4..531d2e83df 100644
--- a/nscd/connections.c
+++ b/nscd/connections.c
@@ -2284,7 +2284,8 @@ main_loop_epoll (int efd)
 					     sizeof (buf))) != -1)
 	      ;
 
-	    __bump_nl_timestamp ();
+	    dbs[hstdb].head->extra_data[NSCD_HST_IDX_CONF_TIMESTAMP]
+	      = __bump_nl_timestamp ();
 	  }
 # endif
 	else