2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
index 7a5ae50c80c8..84be008c945c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ static void tcp_reinit_congestion_control(struct sock *sk,
 
         tcp_cleanup_congestion_control(sk);
         icsk->icsk_ca_ops = ca;
+        icsk->icsk_ca_setsockopt = 1;
 
         if (sk->sk_state != TCP_CLOSE && icsk->icsk_ca_ops->init)
                 icsk->icsk_ca_ops->init(sk);
@@ -335,8 +336,10 @@ int tcp_set_congestion_control(struct sock *sk, const char *name)
         rcu_read_lock();
         ca = __tcp_ca_find_autoload(name);
         /* No change asking for existing value */
-        if (ca == icsk->icsk_ca_ops)
+        if (ca == icsk->icsk_ca_ops) {
+                icsk->icsk_ca_setsockopt = 1;
                 goto out;
+        }
         if (!ca)
                 err = -ENOENT;
         else if (!((ca->flags & TCP_CONG_NON_RESTRICTED) ||
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);