1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index c36089aa3515..d7399a89469d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -500,14 +500,13 @@ void tcp_retransmit_timer(struct sock *sk)
 
         tcp_enter_loss(sk);
 
+        icsk->icsk_retransmits++;
         if (tcp_retransmit_skb(sk, tcp_rtx_queue_head(sk), 1) > 0) {
                 /* Retransmission failed because of local congestion,
-                 * do not backoff.
+                 * Let senders fight for local resources conservatively.
                  */
-                if (!icsk->icsk_retransmits)
-                        icsk->icsk_retransmits = 1;
                 inet_csk_reset_xmit_timer(sk, ICSK_TIME_RETRANS,
-                                          min(icsk->icsk_rto, TCP_RESOURCE_PROBE_INTERVAL),
+                                          TCP_RESOURCE_PROBE_INTERVAL,
                                           TCP_RTO_MAX);
                 goto out;
         }
@@ -528,7 +527,6 @@ void tcp_retransmit_timer(struct sock *sk)
          * the 120 second clamps though!
          */
         icsk->icsk_backoff++;
-        icsk->icsk_retransmits++;
 
 out_reset_timer:
         /* If stream is thin, use linear timeouts. Since 'icsk_backoff' is