diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index f24c7d534081..8a45be988709 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -461,8 +461,9 @@ void inet_csk_reqsk_queue_prune(struct sock *parent,
 		reqp=&lopt->syn_table[i];
 		while ((req = *reqp) != NULL) {
 			if (time_after_eq(now, req->expires)) {
-				if ((req->retrans < (inet_rsk(req)->acked ? max_retries : thresh))
-				    && !req->rsk_ops->rtx_syn_ack(parent, req)) {
+				if ((req->retrans < (inet_rsk(req)->acked ? max_retries : thresh)) &&
+				    (inet_rsk(req)->acked ||
+				     !req->rsk_ops->rtx_syn_ack(parent, req))) {
 					unsigned long timeo;
 
 					if (req->retrans++ == 0)