diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index e0bd7999d6d5..76bd619a8984 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -434,6 +434,22 @@ static void tcp_fastopen_synack_timer(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req)
 			  TCP_TIMEOUT_INIT << req->num_timeout, TCP_RTO_MAX);
 }
 
+static bool tcp_rtx_probe0_timed_out(const struct sock *sk,
+				     const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
+	const int timeout = TCP_RTO_MAX * 2;
+	u32 rcv_delta, rtx_delta;
+
+	rcv_delta = inet_csk(sk)->icsk_timeout - tp->rcv_tstamp;
+	if (rcv_delta <= timeout)
+		return false;
+
+	rtx_delta = (u32)msecs_to_jiffies(tcp_time_stamp(tp) -
+			(tp->retrans_stamp ?: tcp_skb_timestamp(skb)));
+
+	return rtx_delta > timeout;
+}
 
 /**
  *  tcp_retransmit_timer() - The TCP retransmit timeout handler
@@ -497,7 +513,7 @@ void tcp_retransmit_timer(struct sock *sk)
 					    tp->snd_una, tp->snd_nxt);
 		}
 #endif
-		if (tcp_jiffies32 - tp->rcv_tstamp > TCP_RTO_MAX) {
+		if (tcp_rtx_probe0_timed_out(sk, skb)) {
 			tcp_write_err(sk);
 			goto out;
 		}