1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
index b5732a54f2ad..17e7339ee5ca 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
@@ -420,7 +420,10 @@ void tcp_ca_openreq_child(struct sock *sk, const struct dst_entry *dst)
                 rcu_read_unlock();
         }
 
-        if (!ca_got_dst && !try_module_get(icsk->icsk_ca_ops->owner))
+        /* If no valid choice made yet, assign current system default ca. */
+        if (!ca_got_dst &&
+            (!icsk->icsk_ca_setsockopt ||
+             !try_module_get(icsk->icsk_ca_ops->owner)))
                 tcp_assign_congestion_control(sk);
 
         tcp_set_ca_state(sk, TCP_CA_Open);