diff --git a/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_cm.c b/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_cm.c
index f924c335a195..05520dccd906 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_cm.c
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ static void chtls_pass_accept_request(struct sock *sk,
 
 	oreq->rsk_rcv_wnd = 0;
 	oreq->rsk_window_clamp = 0;
-	oreq->cookie_ts = 0;
+	oreq->syncookie = 0;
 	oreq->mss = 0;
 	oreq->ts_recent = 0;
 
diff --git a/include/net/request_sock.h b/include/net/request_sock.h
index cf8b33213bbc..b2eb8b4ba697 100644
--- a/include/net/request_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/request_sock.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct request_sock {
 	struct request_sock		*dl_next;
 	u16				mss;
 	u8				num_retrans; /* number of retransmits */
-	u8				cookie_ts:1; /* syncookie: encode tcpopts in timestamp */
+	u8				syncookie:1; /* syncookie: encode tcpopts in timestamp */
 	u8				num_timeout:7; /* number of timeouts */
 	u32				ts_recent;
 	struct timer_list		rsk_timer;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index a018bafd7bdf..11a6f128e51c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -6519,7 +6519,6 @@ static void tcp_openreq_init(struct request_sock *req,
 	struct inet_request_sock *ireq = inet_rsk(req);
 
 	req->rsk_rcv_wnd = 0;		/* So that tcp_send_synack() knows! */
-	req->cookie_ts = 0;
 	tcp_rsk(req)->rcv_isn = TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq;
 	tcp_rsk(req)->rcv_nxt = TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq + 1;
 	tcp_rsk(req)->snt_synack = 0;
@@ -6674,6 +6673,7 @@ int tcp_conn_request(struct request_sock_ops *rsk_ops,
 	if (!req)
 		goto drop;
 
+	req->syncookie = want_cookie;
 	tcp_rsk(req)->af_specific = af_ops;
 	tcp_rsk(req)->ts_off = 0;
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MPTCP)
@@ -6739,7 +6739,6 @@ int tcp_conn_request(struct request_sock_ops *rsk_ops,
 
 	if (want_cookie) {
 		isn = cookie_init_sequence(af_ops, sk, skb, &req->mss);
-		req->cookie_ts = tmp_opt.tstamp_ok;
 		if (!tmp_opt.tstamp_ok)
 			inet_rsk(req)->ecn_ok = 0;
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index d8f16f6a9b02..85ff417bda7f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -3393,7 +3393,7 @@ struct sk_buff *tcp_make_synack(const struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
 	memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
 	now = tcp_clock_ns();
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES
-	if (unlikely(req->cookie_ts))
+	if (unlikely(synack_type == TCP_SYNACK_COOKIE && ireq->tstamp_ok))
 		skb->skb_mstamp_ns = cookie_init_timestamp(req, now);
 	else
 #endif