diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c
index ca61e2a659e7..5205c5a5d8d5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c
@@ -66,11 +66,6 @@ static unsigned int dctcp_alpha_on_init __read_mostly = DCTCP_MAX_ALPHA;
 module_param(dctcp_alpha_on_init, uint, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(dctcp_alpha_on_init, "parameter for initial alpha value");
 
-static unsigned int dctcp_clamp_alpha_on_loss __read_mostly;
-module_param(dctcp_clamp_alpha_on_loss, uint, 0644);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(dctcp_clamp_alpha_on_loss,
-		 "parameter for clamping alpha on loss");
-
 static struct tcp_congestion_ops dctcp_reno;
 
 static void dctcp_reset(const struct tcp_sock *tp, struct dctcp *ca)
@@ -211,21 +206,23 @@ static void dctcp_update_alpha(struct sock *sk, u32 flags)
 	}
 }
 
+static void dctcp_react_to_loss(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	struct dctcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
+	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
+
+	ca->loss_cwnd = tp->snd_cwnd;
+	tp->snd_ssthresh = max(tp->snd_cwnd >> 1U, 2U);
+}
+
 static void dctcp_state(struct sock *sk, u8 new_state)
 {
-	if (dctcp_clamp_alpha_on_loss && new_state == TCP_CA_Loss) {
-		struct dctcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
-
-		/* If this extension is enabled, we clamp dctcp_alpha to
-		 * max on packet loss; the motivation is that dctcp_alpha
-		 * is an indicator to the extend of congestion and packet
-		 * loss is an indicator of extreme congestion; setting
-		 * this in practice turned out to be beneficial, and
-		 * effectively assumes total congestion which reduces the
-		 * window by half.
-		 */
-		ca->dctcp_alpha = DCTCP_MAX_ALPHA;
-	}
+	if (new_state == TCP_CA_Recovery &&
+	    new_state != inet_csk(sk)->icsk_ca_state)
+		dctcp_react_to_loss(sk);
+	/* We handle RTO in dctcp_cwnd_event to ensure that we perform only
+	 * one loss-adjustment per RTT.
+	 */
 }
 
 static void dctcp_cwnd_event(struct sock *sk, enum tcp_ca_event ev)
@@ -237,6 +234,9 @@ static void dctcp_cwnd_event(struct sock *sk, enum tcp_ca_event ev)
 	case CA_EVENT_ECN_NO_CE:
 		dctcp_ce_state_1_to_0(sk);
 		break;
+	case CA_EVENT_LOSS:
+		dctcp_react_to_loss(sk);
+		break;
 	default:
 		/* Don't care for the rest. */
 		break;