diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/snmp.h b/include/uapi/linux/snmp.h
index f5d753e60836..bf31965355c6 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/snmp.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/snmp.h
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ enum
 	LINUX_MIB_TCPKEEPALIVE,			/* TCPKeepAlive */
 	LINUX_MIB_TCPMTUPFAIL,			/* TCPMTUPFail */
 	LINUX_MIB_TCPMTUPSUCCESS,		/* TCPMTUPSuccess */
+	LINUX_MIB_TCPWQUEUETOOBIG,		/* TCPWqueueTooBig */
 	__LINUX_MIB_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/proc.c b/net/ipv4/proc.c
index 3fbf688a1943..88aaf14983e8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/proc.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/proc.c
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ static const struct snmp_mib snmp4_net_list[] = {
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPKeepAlive", LINUX_MIB_TCPKEEPALIVE),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPMTUPFail", LINUX_MIB_TCPMTUPFAIL),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPMTUPSuccess", LINUX_MIB_TCPMTUPSUCCESS),
+	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPWqueueTooBig", LINUX_MIB_TCPWQUEUETOOBIG),
 	SNMP_MIB_SENTINEL
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index def09d1fd0e1..36d1945b48f1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -1274,6 +1274,11 @@ int tcp_fragment(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 len,
 	if (nsize < 0)
 		nsize = 0;
 
+	if (unlikely((sk->sk_wmem_queued >> 1) > sk->sk_sndbuf)) {
+		NET_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TCPWQUEUETOOBIG);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	if (skb_unclone(skb, gfp))
 		return -ENOMEM;