diff --git a/net/dccp/dccp.h b/net/dccp/dccp.h
index 019d6ffee3544d341cce53d3986379b1d00764bd..e051c774ef5ce2ab647ab25fd417dab5cfd8fd39 100644
--- a/net/dccp/dccp.h
+++ b/net/dccp/dccp.h
@@ -414,6 +414,23 @@ static inline void dccp_update_gsr(struct sock *sk, u64 seq)
 	dp->dccps_gsr = seq;
 	/* Sequence validity window depends on remote Sequence Window (7.5.1) */
 	dp->dccps_swl = SUB48(ADD48(dp->dccps_gsr, 1), dp->dccps_r_seq_win / 4);
+	/*
+	 * Adjust SWL so that it is not below ISR. In contrast to RFC 4340,
+	 * 7.5.1 we perform this check beyond the initial handshake: W/W' are
+	 * always > 32, so for the first W/W' packets in the lifetime of a
+	 * connection we always have to adjust SWL.
+	 * A second reason why we are doing this is that the window depends on
+	 * the feature-remote value of Sequence Window: nothing stops the peer
+	 * from updating this value while we are busy adjusting SWL for the
+	 * first W packets (we would have to count from scratch again then).
+	 * Therefore it is safer to always make sure that the Sequence Window
+	 * is not artificially extended by a peer who grows SWL downwards by
+	 * continually updating the feature-remote Sequence-Window.
+	 * If sequence numbers wrap it is bad luck. But that will take a while
+	 * (48 bit), and this measure prevents Sequence-number attacks.
+	 */
+	if (before48(dp->dccps_swl, dp->dccps_isr))
+		dp->dccps_swl = dp->dccps_isr;
 	dp->dccps_swh = ADD48(dp->dccps_gsr, (3 * dp->dccps_r_seq_win) / 4);
 }
 
@@ -424,6 +441,9 @@ static inline void dccp_update_gss(struct sock *sk, u64 seq)
 	dp->dccps_gss = seq;
 	/* Ack validity window depends on local Sequence Window value (7.5.1) */
 	dp->dccps_awl = SUB48(ADD48(dp->dccps_gss, 1), dp->dccps_l_seq_win);
+	/* Adjust AWL so that it is not below ISS - see comment above for SWL */
+	if (before48(dp->dccps_awl, dp->dccps_iss))
+		dp->dccps_awl = dp->dccps_iss;
 	dp->dccps_awh = dp->dccps_gss;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/dccp/input.c b/net/dccp/input.c
index 10c957a88f4f7c9c65da3cf2ba825686349c03f4..aecc8c7443c28db2daed8251d6e766f1ec89e219 100644
--- a/net/dccp/input.c
+++ b/net/dccp/input.c
@@ -441,20 +441,14 @@ static int dccp_rcv_request_sent_state_process(struct sock *sk,
 		kfree_skb(sk->sk_send_head);
 		sk->sk_send_head = NULL;
 
-		dp->dccps_isr = DCCP_SKB_CB(skb)->dccpd_seq;
-		dccp_update_gsr(sk, dp->dccps_isr);
 		/*
-		 * SWL and AWL are initially adjusted so that they are not less than
-		 * the initial Sequence Numbers received and sent, respectively:
-		 *	SWL := max(GSR + 1 - floor(W/4), ISR),
-		 *	AWL := max(GSS - W' + 1, ISS).
-		 * These adjustments MUST be applied only at the beginning of the
-		 * connection.
-		 *
-		 * AWL was adjusted in dccp_v4_connect -acme
+		 * Set ISR, GSR from packet. ISS was set in dccp_v{4,6}_connect
+		 * and GSS in dccp_transmit_skb(). Setting AWL/AWH and SWL/SWH
+		 * is done as part of activating the feature values below, since
+		 * these settings depend on the local/remote Sequence Window
+		 * features, which were undefined or not confirmed until now.
 		 */
-		dccp_set_seqno(&dp->dccps_swl,
-			       max48(dp->dccps_swl, dp->dccps_isr));
+		dp->dccps_gsr = dp->dccps_isr = DCCP_SKB_CB(skb)->dccpd_seq;
 
 		dccp_sync_mss(sk, icsk->icsk_pmtu_cookie);
 
diff --git a/net/dccp/minisocks.c b/net/dccp/minisocks.c
index 128b089d3aefb0d05f7899a240ad3ced0a708d33..d7041a0963af9588142133187c28e7c3a9abc215 100644
--- a/net/dccp/minisocks.c
+++ b/net/dccp/minisocks.c
@@ -121,30 +121,18 @@ struct sock *dccp_create_openreq_child(struct sock *sk,
 		 *
 		 *    Choose S.ISS (initial seqno) or set from Init Cookies
 		 *    Initialize S.GAR := S.ISS
-		 *    Set S.ISR, S.GSR, S.SWL, S.SWH from packet or Init Cookies
-		 */
-		newdp->dccps_gar = newdp->dccps_iss = dreq->dreq_iss;
-		dccp_update_gss(newsk, dreq->dreq_iss);
-
-		newdp->dccps_isr = dreq->dreq_isr;
-		dccp_update_gsr(newsk, dreq->dreq_isr);
-
-		/*
-		 * SWL and AWL are initially adjusted so that they are not less than
-		 * the initial Sequence Numbers received and sent, respectively:
-		 *	SWL := max(GSR + 1 - floor(W/4), ISR),
-		 *	AWL := max(GSS - W' + 1, ISS).
-		 * These adjustments MUST be applied only at the beginning of the
-		 * connection.
+		 *    Set S.ISR, S.GSR from packet (or Init Cookies)
+		 *
+		 *    Setting AWL/AWH and SWL/SWH happens as part of the feature
+		 *    activation below, as these windows all depend on the local
+		 *    and remote Sequence Window feature values (7.5.2).
 		 */
-		dccp_set_seqno(&newdp->dccps_swl,
-			       max48(newdp->dccps_swl, newdp->dccps_isr));
-		dccp_set_seqno(&newdp->dccps_awl,
-			       max48(newdp->dccps_awl, newdp->dccps_iss));
+		newdp->dccps_gss = newdp->dccps_iss = dreq->dreq_iss;
+		newdp->dccps_gar = newdp->dccps_iss;
+		newdp->dccps_gsr = newdp->dccps_isr = dreq->dreq_isr;
 
 		/*
-		 * Activate features after initialising the sequence numbers,
-		 * since CCID initialisation may depend on GSS, ISR, ISS etc.
+		 * Activate features: initialise CCIDs, sequence windows etc.
 		 */
 		if (dccp_feat_activate_values(newsk, &dreq->dreq_featneg)) {
 			/* It is still raw copy of parent, so invalidate