1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 7d843c429381..0aa17243d369 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -1776,7 +1776,7 @@ static void tcp_verify_retransmit_hint(struct tcp_sock *tp,
         if ((tp->retransmit_skb_hint != NULL) &&
             before(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq,
             TCP_SKB_CB(tp->retransmit_skb_hint)->seq))
-                tp->retransmit_skb_hint = skb;
+                tp->retransmit_skb_hint = NULL;
 }
 
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