diff --git a/bat_iv_ogm.c b/bat_iv_ogm.c
index bde28c3..14c0cdd 100644
--- a/bat_iv_ogm.c
+++ b/bat_iv_ogm.c
@@ -559,22 +559,28 @@ static void bat_iv_ogm_forward(struct orig_node *orig_node,
 			     if_incoming, 0, bat_iv_ogm_fwd_send_time());
 }
 
-static void bat_iv_ogm_schedule(struct hard_iface *hard_iface,
-				int tt_num_changes)
+static void bat_iv_ogm_schedule(struct hard_iface *hard_iface)
 {
 	struct bat_priv *bat_priv = netdev_priv(hard_iface->soft_iface);
 	struct batman_ogm_packet *batman_ogm_packet;
 	struct hard_iface *primary_if;
-	int vis_server;
+	int vis_server, tt_num_changes = 0;
 
 	vis_server = atomic_read(&bat_priv->vis_mode);
 	primary_if = primary_if_get_selected(bat_priv);
 
+	if (hard_iface == primary_if)
+		tt_num_changes = tt_append_changes(bat_priv,
+						   &hard_iface->packet_buff,
+						   &hard_iface->packet_len,
+						   BATMAN_OGM_HLEN);
+
 	batman_ogm_packet = (struct batman_ogm_packet *)hard_iface->packet_buff;
 
 	/* change sequence number to network order */
 	batman_ogm_packet->seqno =
 			htonl((uint32_t)atomic_read(&hard_iface->seqno));
+	atomic_inc(&hard_iface->seqno);
 
 	batman_ogm_packet->ttvn = atomic_read(&bat_priv->ttvn);
 	batman_ogm_packet->tt_crc = htons(bat_priv->tt_crc);
@@ -593,8 +599,6 @@ static void bat_iv_ogm_schedule(struct hard_iface *hard_iface,
 	else
 		batman_ogm_packet->gw_flags = NO_FLAGS;
 
-	atomic_inc(&hard_iface->seqno);
-
 	slide_own_bcast_window(hard_iface);
 	bat_iv_ogm_queue_add(bat_priv, hard_iface->packet_buff,
 			     hard_iface->packet_len, hard_iface, 1,
diff --git a/send.c b/send.c
index cebc14a..836b70d 100644
--- a/send.c
+++ b/send.c
@@ -78,62 +78,9 @@ send_skb_err:
 	return NET_XMIT_DROP;
 }
 
-static void realloc_packet_buffer(struct hard_iface *hard_iface,
-				  int new_len)
-{
-	unsigned char *new_buff;
-
-	new_buff = kmalloc(new_len, GFP_ATOMIC);
-
-	/* keep old buffer if kmalloc should fail */
-	if (new_buff) {
-		memcpy(new_buff, hard_iface->packet_buff,
-		       BATMAN_OGM_HLEN);
-
-		kfree(hard_iface->packet_buff);
-		hard_iface->packet_buff = new_buff;
-		hard_iface->packet_len = new_len;
-	}
-}
-
-/* when calling this function (hard_iface == primary_if) has to be true */
-static int prepare_packet_buffer(struct bat_priv *bat_priv,
-				  struct hard_iface *hard_iface)
-{
-	int new_len;
-
-	new_len = BATMAN_OGM_HLEN +
-		  tt_len((uint8_t)atomic_read(&bat_priv->tt_local_changes));
-
-	/* if we have too many changes for one packet don't send any
-	 * and wait for the tt table request which will be fragmented */
-	if (new_len > hard_iface->soft_iface->mtu)
-		new_len = BATMAN_OGM_HLEN;
-
-	realloc_packet_buffer(hard_iface, new_len);
-
-	bat_priv->tt_crc = tt_local_crc(bat_priv);
-
-	/* reset the sending counter */
-	atomic_set(&bat_priv->tt_ogm_append_cnt, TT_OGM_APPEND_MAX);
-
-	return tt_changes_fill_buffer(bat_priv,
-				      hard_iface->packet_buff + BATMAN_OGM_HLEN,
-				      hard_iface->packet_len - BATMAN_OGM_HLEN);
-}
-
-static int reset_packet_buffer(struct bat_priv *bat_priv,
-				struct hard_iface *hard_iface)
-{
-	realloc_packet_buffer(hard_iface, BATMAN_OGM_HLEN);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 void schedule_bat_ogm(struct hard_iface *hard_iface)
 {
 	struct bat_priv *bat_priv = netdev_priv(hard_iface->soft_iface);
-	struct hard_iface *primary_if;
-	int tt_num_changes = -1;
 
 	if ((hard_iface->if_status == IF_NOT_IN_USE) ||
 	    (hard_iface->if_status == IF_TO_BE_REMOVED))
@@ -149,26 +96,7 @@ void schedule_bat_ogm(struct hard_iface *hard_iface)
 	if (hard_iface->if_status == IF_TO_BE_ACTIVATED)
 		hard_iface->if_status = IF_ACTIVE;
 
-	primary_if = primary_if_get_selected(bat_priv);
-
-	if (hard_iface == primary_if) {
-		/* if at least one change happened */
-		if (atomic_read(&bat_priv->tt_local_changes) > 0) {
-			tt_commit_changes(bat_priv);
-			tt_num_changes = prepare_packet_buffer(bat_priv,
-							       hard_iface);
-		}
-
-		/* if the changes have been sent often enough */
-		if (!atomic_dec_not_zero(&bat_priv->tt_ogm_append_cnt))
-			tt_num_changes = reset_packet_buffer(bat_priv,
-							     hard_iface);
-	}
-
-	if (primary_if)
-		hardif_free_ref(primary_if);
-
-	bat_priv->bat_algo_ops->bat_ogm_schedule(hard_iface, tt_num_changes);
+	bat_priv->bat_algo_ops->bat_ogm_schedule(hard_iface);
 }
 
 static void forw_packet_free(struct forw_packet *forw_packet)
diff --git a/translation-table.c b/translation-table.c
index 4155918..8c223a7 100644
--- a/translation-table.c
+++ b/translation-table.c
@@ -275,14 +275,64 @@ out:
 		tt_global_entry_free_ref(tt_global_entry);
 }
 
-int tt_changes_fill_buffer(struct bat_priv *bat_priv,
-			   unsigned char *buff, int buff_len)
+static void tt_realloc_packet_buff(unsigned char **packet_buff,
+				   int *packet_buff_len, int min_packet_len,
+				   int new_packet_len)
+{
+	unsigned char *new_buff;
+
+	new_buff = kmalloc(new_packet_len, GFP_ATOMIC);
+
+	/* keep old buffer if kmalloc should fail */
+	if (new_buff) {
+		memcpy(new_buff, *packet_buff, min_packet_len);
+		kfree(*packet_buff);
+		*packet_buff = new_buff;
+		*packet_buff_len = new_packet_len;
+	}
+}
+
+static void tt_prepare_packet_buff(struct bat_priv *bat_priv,
+				   unsigned char **packet_buff,
+				   int *packet_buff_len, int min_packet_len)
+{
+	struct hard_iface *primary_if;
+	int req_len;
+
+	primary_if = primary_if_get_selected(bat_priv);
+
+	req_len = min_packet_len;
+	req_len += tt_len(atomic_read(&bat_priv->tt_local_changes));
+
+	/* if we have too many changes for one packet don't send any
+	 * and wait for the tt table request which will be fragmented
+	 */
+	if ((!primary_if) || (req_len > primary_if->soft_iface->mtu))
+		req_len = min_packet_len;
+
+	tt_realloc_packet_buff(packet_buff, packet_buff_len,
+			       min_packet_len, req_len);
+
+	if (primary_if)
+		hardif_free_ref(primary_if);
+}
+
+static int tt_changes_fill_buff(struct bat_priv *bat_priv,
+				unsigned char **packet_buff,
+				int *packet_buff_len, int min_packet_len)
 {
-	int count = 0, tot_changes = 0;
 	struct tt_change_node *entry, *safe;
+	int count = 0, tot_changes = 0, new_len;
+	unsigned char *tt_buff;
+
+	tt_prepare_packet_buff(bat_priv, packet_buff,
+			       packet_buff_len, min_packet_len);
 
-	if (buff_len > 0)
-		tot_changes = buff_len / tt_len(1);
+	new_len = *packet_buff_len - min_packet_len;
+	tt_buff = *packet_buff + min_packet_len;
+
+	if (new_len > 0)
+		tot_changes = new_len / tt_len(1);
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&bat_priv->tt_changes_list_lock);
 	atomic_set(&bat_priv->tt_local_changes, 0);
@@ -290,7 +340,7 @@ int tt_changes_fill_buffer(struct bat_priv *bat_priv,
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, safe, &bat_priv->tt_changes_list,
 				 list) {
 		if (count < tot_changes) {
-			memcpy(buff + tt_len(count),
+			memcpy(tt_buff + tt_len(count),
 			       &entry->change, sizeof(struct tt_change));
 			count++;
 		}
@@ -306,15 +356,15 @@ int tt_changes_fill_buffer(struct bat_priv *bat_priv,
 	bat_priv->tt_buff = NULL;
 	/* We check whether this new OGM has no changes due to size
 	 * problems */
-	if (buff_len > 0) {
+	if (new_len > 0) {
 		/**
 		 * if kmalloc() fails we will reply with the full table
 		 * instead of providing the diff
 		 */
-		bat_priv->tt_buff = kmalloc(buff_len, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		bat_priv->tt_buff = kmalloc(new_len, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (bat_priv->tt_buff) {
-			memcpy(bat_priv->tt_buff, buff, buff_len);
-			bat_priv->tt_buff_len = buff_len;
+			memcpy(bat_priv->tt_buff, tt_buff, new_len);
+			bat_priv->tt_buff_len = new_len;
 		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock_bh(&bat_priv->tt_buff_lock);
@@ -2025,20 +2075,57 @@ static void tt_local_purge_pending_clients(struct bat_priv *bat_priv)
 
 }
 
-void tt_commit_changes(struct bat_priv *bat_priv)
+static int tt_commit_changes(struct bat_priv *bat_priv,
+			     unsigned char **packet_buff, int *packet_buff_len,
+			     int packet_min_len)
 {
-	uint16_t changed_num = tt_set_flags(bat_priv->tt_local_hash,
-					    TT_CLIENT_NEW, false);
+	uint16_t changed_num = 0;
+
+	if (atomic_read(&bat_priv->tt_local_changes) < 1)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	changed_num = tt_set_flags(bat_priv->tt_local_hash,
+				   TT_CLIENT_NEW, false);
+
 	/* all the reset entries have now to be effectively counted as local
 	 * entries */
 	atomic_add(changed_num, &bat_priv->num_local_tt);
 	tt_local_purge_pending_clients(bat_priv);
+	bat_priv->tt_crc = tt_local_crc(bat_priv);
 
 	/* Increment the TTVN only once per OGM interval */
 	atomic_inc(&bat_priv->ttvn);
 	bat_dbg(DBG_TT, bat_priv, "Local changes committed, updating to ttvn %u\n",
 		(uint8_t)atomic_read(&bat_priv->ttvn));
 	bat_priv->tt_poss_change = false;
+
+	/* reset the sending counter */
+	atomic_set(&bat_priv->tt_ogm_append_cnt, TT_OGM_APPEND_MAX);
+
+	return tt_changes_fill_buff(bat_priv, packet_buff,
+				    packet_buff_len, packet_min_len);
+}
+
+/* when calling this function (hard_iface == primary_if) has to be true */
+int tt_append_changes(struct bat_priv *bat_priv,
+		      unsigned char **packet_buff, int *packet_buff_len,
+		      int packet_min_len)
+{
+	int tt_num_changes;
+
+	/* if at least one change happened */
+	tt_num_changes = tt_commit_changes(bat_priv, packet_buff,
+					   packet_buff_len, packet_min_len);
+
+	/* if the changes have been sent often enough */
+	if ((tt_num_changes < 0) &&
+	    (!atomic_dec_not_zero(&bat_priv->tt_ogm_append_cnt))) {
+		tt_realloc_packet_buff(packet_buff, packet_buff_len,
+				       packet_min_len, packet_min_len);
+		tt_num_changes = 0;
+	}
+
+	return tt_num_changes;
 }
 
 bool is_ap_isolated(struct bat_priv *bat_priv, uint8_t *src, uint8_t *dst)
diff --git a/translation-table.h b/translation-table.h
index c43374d..58d9aae 100644
--- a/translation-table.h
+++ b/translation-table.h
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 #define _NET_BATMAN_ADV_TRANSLATION_TABLE_H_
 
 int tt_len(int changes_num);
-int tt_changes_fill_buffer(struct bat_priv *bat_priv,
-			   unsigned char *buff, int buff_len);
 int tt_init(struct bat_priv *bat_priv);
 void tt_local_add(struct net_device *soft_iface, const uint8_t *addr,
 		  int ifindex);
@@ -48,11 +46,13 @@ bool send_tt_response(struct bat_priv *bat_priv,
 bool is_my_client(struct bat_priv *bat_priv, const uint8_t *addr);
 void handle_tt_response(struct bat_priv *bat_priv,
 			struct tt_query_packet *tt_response);
-void tt_commit_changes(struct bat_priv *bat_priv);
 bool is_ap_isolated(struct bat_priv *bat_priv, uint8_t *src, uint8_t *dst);
 void tt_update_orig(struct bat_priv *bat_priv, struct orig_node *orig_node,
 		    const unsigned char *tt_buff, uint8_t tt_num_changes,
 		    uint8_t ttvn, uint16_t tt_crc);
+int tt_append_changes(struct bat_priv *bat_priv,
+		      unsigned char **packet_buff, int *packet_buff_len,
+		      int packet_min_len);
 bool tt_global_client_is_roaming(struct bat_priv *bat_priv, uint8_t *addr);
 
 
diff --git a/types.h b/types.h
index 41283e0..f1ce75e 100644
--- a/types.h
+++ b/types.h
@@ -427,8 +427,7 @@ struct bat_algo_ops {
 	/* called when primary interface is selected / changed */
 	void (*bat_primary_iface_set)(struct hard_iface *hard_iface);
 	/* prepare a new outgoing OGM for the send queue */
-	void (*bat_ogm_schedule)(struct hard_iface *hard_iface,
-				 int tt_num_changes);
+	void (*bat_ogm_schedule)(struct hard_iface *hard_iface);
 	/* send scheduled OGM */
 	void (*bat_ogm_emit)(struct forw_packet *forw_packet);
 };
