diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 0239e815edf7..a88bf8f6db23 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -1480,17 +1480,22 @@ static inline int tcp_full_space(const struct sock *sk)
 	return tcp_win_from_space(sk, READ_ONCE(sk->sk_rcvbuf));
 }
 
-static inline void tcp_adjust_rcv_ssthresh(struct sock *sk)
+static inline void __tcp_adjust_rcv_ssthresh(struct sock *sk, u32 new_ssthresh)
 {
 	int unused_mem = sk_unused_reserved_mem(sk);
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 
-	tp->rcv_ssthresh = min(tp->rcv_ssthresh, 4U * tp->advmss);
+	tp->rcv_ssthresh = min(tp->rcv_ssthresh, new_ssthresh);
 	if (unused_mem)
 		tp->rcv_ssthresh = max_t(u32, tp->rcv_ssthresh,
 					 tcp_win_from_space(sk, unused_mem));
 }
 
+static inline void tcp_adjust_rcv_ssthresh(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	__tcp_adjust_rcv_ssthresh(sk, 4U * tcp_sk(sk)->advmss);
+}
+
 void tcp_cleanup_rbuf(struct sock *sk, int copied);
 void __tcp_cleanup_rbuf(struct sock *sk, int copied);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 3d3a24f79573..ec46d74c2093 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -3368,9 +3368,25 @@ int tcp_set_window_clamp(struct sock *sk, int val)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		tp->window_clamp = 0;
 	} else {
-		tp->window_clamp = val < SOCK_MIN_RCVBUF / 2 ?
-			SOCK_MIN_RCVBUF / 2 : val;
-		tp->rcv_ssthresh = min(tp->rcv_wnd, tp->window_clamp);
+		u32 new_rcv_ssthresh, old_window_clamp = tp->window_clamp;
+		u32 new_window_clamp = val < SOCK_MIN_RCVBUF / 2 ?
+						SOCK_MIN_RCVBUF / 2 : val;
+
+		if (new_window_clamp == old_window_clamp)
+			return 0;
+
+		tp->window_clamp = new_window_clamp;
+		if (new_window_clamp < old_window_clamp) {
+			/* need to apply the reserved mem provisioning only
+			 * when shrinking the window clamp
+			 */
+			__tcp_adjust_rcv_ssthresh(sk, tp->window_clamp);
+
+		} else {
+			new_rcv_ssthresh = min(tp->rcv_wnd, tp->window_clamp);
+			tp->rcv_ssthresh = max(new_rcv_ssthresh,
+					       tp->rcv_ssthresh);
+		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }