diff -urN iproute2.org/ip/ipaddress.c iproute2/ip/ipaddress.c
--- iproute2.org/ip/ipaddress.c	2004-03-04 23:00:41.050515248 +0100
+++ iproute2/ip/ipaddress.c	2004-03-04 23:08:08.810575433 +0100
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@
 				fprintf(stderr, "Flush terminated\n");
 				exit(1);
 			}
-			if (filter.flushed == 0) {
+			if (filter.flushed == 0 || round > 10000) {
 				if (round == 0) {
 					fprintf(stderr, "Nothing to flush.\n");
 				} else if (show_stats)