diff --git a/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h b/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
index 9bf73fe50948..de4e83b6da4b 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ extern struct sock *inet_csk_clone(struct sock *sk,
 enum inet_csk_ack_state_t {
 	ICSK_ACK_SCHED	= 1,
 	ICSK_ACK_TIMER  = 2,
-	ICSK_ACK_PUSHED = 4
+	ICSK_ACK_PUSHED = 4,
+	ICSK_ACK_PUSHED2 = 8
 };
 
 extern void inet_csk_init_xmit_timers(struct sock *sk,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 29e3d606db78..66e9a729f6df 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -955,8 +955,11 @@ void tcp_cleanup_rbuf(struct sock *sk, int copied)
 		     * receive buffer and there was a small segment
 		     * in queue.
 		     */
-		    (copied > 0 && (icsk->icsk_ack.pending & ICSK_ACK_PUSHED) &&
-		     !icsk->icsk_ack.pingpong && !atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc)))
+		    (copied > 0 &&
+		     ((icsk->icsk_ack.pending & ICSK_ACK_PUSHED2) ||
+		      ((icsk->icsk_ack.pending & ICSK_ACK_PUSHED) &&
+		       !icsk->icsk_ack.pingpong)) &&
+		      !atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc)))
 			time_to_ack = 1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 511b738f118a..b3def0df14fb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ static void tcp_measure_rcv_mss(struct sock *sk,
 				return;
 			}
 		}
+		if (icsk->icsk_ack.pending & ICSK_ACK_PUSHED)
+			icsk->icsk_ack.pending |= ICSK_ACK_PUSHED2;
 		icsk->icsk_ack.pending |= ICSK_ACK_PUSHED;
 	}
 }