diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index d7047de952f0..1eda31f7f013 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -1512,6 +1512,11 @@ struct sock *tcp_try_fastopen(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 void tcp_fastopen_init_key_once(bool publish);
 #define TCP_FASTOPEN_KEY_LENGTH 16
 
+static inline void tcp_init_send_head(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	sk->sk_send_head = NULL;
+}
+
 /* Fastopen key context */
 struct tcp_fastopen_context {
 	struct crypto_cipher	*tfm;
@@ -1528,6 +1533,7 @@ static inline void tcp_write_queue_purge(struct sock *sk)
 		sk_wmem_free_skb(sk, skb);
 	sk_mem_reclaim(sk);
 	tcp_clear_all_retrans_hints(tcp_sk(sk));
+	tcp_init_send_head(sk);
 	inet_csk(sk)->icsk_backoff = 0;
 }
 
@@ -1589,11 +1595,6 @@ static inline void tcp_check_send_head(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb_unli
 		tcp_sk(sk)->highest_sack = NULL;
 }
 
-static inline void tcp_init_send_head(struct sock *sk)
-{
-	sk->sk_send_head = NULL;
-}
-
 static inline void __tcp_add_write_queue_tail(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	__skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_write_queue, skb);