diff --git a/bigquery/table.go b/bigquery/table.go
index 52d1af0..00abd7d 100644
--- a/bigquery/table.go
+++ b/bigquery/table.go
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@
 	}
 	t.TimePartitioning = tm.TimePartitioning.toBQ()
 	t.Clustering = tm.Clustering.toBQ()
-	if !tm.ExpirationTime.IsZero() {
+	if !tm.ExpirationTime.IsZero() && tm.ExpirationTime != NeverExpire {
 		t.ExpirationTime = tm.ExpirationTime.UnixNano() / 1e6
 	}
 	if tm.ExternalDataConfig != nil {
@@ -444,8 +444,7 @@
 	return newRowIterator(ctx, t, pf)
 }
 
-// NeverExpire is a sentinel value used with TableMetadataToUpdate's
-// ExpirationTime to indicate that a table should never expire.
+// NeverExpire is a sentinel value used to remove a table'e expiration time.
 var NeverExpire = time.Time{}.Add(-1)
 
 // Update modifies specific Table metadata fields.
diff --git a/bigquery/table_test.go b/bigquery/table_test.go
index 84e2e8f..d761f07 100644
--- a/bigquery/table_test.go
+++ b/bigquery/table_test.go
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			&TableMetadata{ExpirationTime: NeverExpire},
+			&bq.Table{ExpirationTime: 0},
+		},
 	} {
 		got, err := test.in.toBQ()
 		if err != nil {