diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 093779f7e893..40c435997e54 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -4507,10 +4507,12 @@ static void tcp_data_queue(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 		if (eaten <= 0) {
 queue_and_out:
-			if (eaten < 0 &&
-			    tcp_try_rmem_schedule(sk, skb, skb->truesize))
-				goto drop;
-
+			if (eaten < 0) {
+				if (skb_queue_len(&sk->sk_receive_queue) == 0)
+					sk_forced_mem_schedule(sk, skb->truesize);
+				else if (tcp_try_rmem_schedule(sk, skb, skb->truesize))
+					goto drop;
+			}
 			eaten = tcp_queue_rcv(sk, skb, 0, &fragstolen);
 		}
 		tcp_rcv_nxt_update(tp, TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq);