1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index debf23581606..e399bde7813a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -1836,7 +1836,7 @@ int tcp_retransmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
         struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
         struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
-        unsigned int cur_mss = tcp_current_mss(sk, 0);
+        unsigned int cur_mss;
         int err;
 
         /* Inconslusive MTU probe */
@@ -1858,6 +1858,11 @@ int tcp_retransmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
                         return -ENOMEM;
         }
 
+        if (inet_csk(sk)->icsk_af_ops->rebuild_header(sk))
+                return -EHOSTUNREACH; /* Routing failure or similar. */
+
+        cur_mss = tcp_current_mss(sk, 0);
+
         /* If receiver has shrunk his window, and skb is out of
          * new window, do not retransmit it. The exception is the
          * case, when window is shrunk to zero. In this case
@@ -1884,9 +1889,6 @@ int tcp_retransmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
             (sysctl_tcp_retrans_collapse != 0))
                 tcp_retrans_try_collapse(sk, skb, cur_mss);
 
-        if (inet_csk(sk)->icsk_af_ops->rebuild_header(sk))
-                return -EHOSTUNREACH; /* Routing failure or similar. */
-
         /* Some Solaris stacks overoptimize and ignore the FIN on a
          * retransmit when old data is attached.  So strip it off
          * since it is cheap to do so and saves bytes on the network.