diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index b56f34602035..cb4b2fddd9eb 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -337,12 +337,14 @@ ssize_t tcp_splice_read(struct socket *sk, loff_t *ppos,
 			struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
 			unsigned int flags);
 
-static inline void tcp_dec_quickack_mode(struct sock *sk,
-					 const unsigned int pkts)
+static inline void tcp_dec_quickack_mode(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
 
 	if (icsk->icsk_ack.quick) {
+		/* How many ACKs S/ACKing new data have we sent? */
+		const unsigned int pkts = inet_csk_ack_scheduled(sk) ? 1 : 0;
+
 		if (pkts >= icsk->icsk_ack.quick) {
 			icsk->icsk_ack.quick = 0;
 			/* Leaving quickack mode we deflate ATO. */
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 86e896351364..6c14d67715d1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -177,8 +177,7 @@ static void tcp_event_data_sent(struct tcp_sock *tp,
 }
 
 /* Account for an ACK we sent. */
-static inline void tcp_event_ack_sent(struct sock *sk, unsigned int pkts,
-				      u32 rcv_nxt)
+static inline void tcp_event_ack_sent(struct sock *sk, u32 rcv_nxt)
 {
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 
@@ -192,7 +191,7 @@ static inline void tcp_event_ack_sent(struct sock *sk, unsigned int pkts,
 
 	if (unlikely(rcv_nxt != tp->rcv_nxt))
 		return;  /* Special ACK sent by DCTCP to reflect ECN */
-	tcp_dec_quickack_mode(sk, pkts);
+	tcp_dec_quickack_mode(sk);
 	inet_csk_clear_xmit_timer(sk, ICSK_TIME_DACK);
 }
 
@@ -1374,7 +1373,7 @@ static int __tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			   sk, skb);
 
 	if (likely(tcb->tcp_flags & TCPHDR_ACK))
-		tcp_event_ack_sent(sk, tcp_skb_pcount(skb), rcv_nxt);
+		tcp_event_ack_sent(sk, rcv_nxt);
 
 	if (skb->len != tcp_header_size) {
 		tcp_event_data_sent(tp, sk);