1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c
index 7058c86f5e48..75db07c78a69 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.c
+++ b/net/tipc/link.c
@@ -1330,6 +1330,7 @@ static int tipc_link_proto_rcv(struct tipc_link *l, struct sk_buff *skb,
         u16 peers_snd_nxt =  msg_next_sent(hdr);
         u16 peers_tol = msg_link_tolerance(hdr);
         u16 peers_prio = msg_linkprio(hdr);
+        u16 rcv_nxt = l->rcv_nxt;
         char *if_name;
         int rc = 0;
 
@@ -1393,7 +1394,7 @@ static int tipc_link_proto_rcv(struct tipc_link *l, struct sk_buff *skb,
                         break;
 
                 /* Send NACK if peer has sent pkts we haven't received yet */
-                if (more(peers_snd_nxt, l->rcv_nxt))
+                if (more(peers_snd_nxt, rcv_nxt) && !tipc_link_is_synching(l))
                         rcvgap = peers_snd_nxt - l->rcv_nxt;
                 if (rcvgap || (msg_probe(hdr)))
                         tipc_link_build_proto_msg(l, STATE_MSG, 0, rcvgap,