diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/socket.h b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
index 467de010ea7ee130cdbda0b532f10c885f8d1308..e3a1491d5073a0b59a6b9eb207c4a684ae6c9495 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@
 
 #define SO_SELECT_ERR_QUEUE	45
 
-#define SO_BUSY_POLL			46
+#define SO_BUSY_POLL		46
+
+#define SO_MAX_PACING_RATE	47
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/uapi/asm/socket.h b/arch/avr32/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
index 11c4259c62fb146b8139b7045958f68d6adc3765..4399364214349674999c872ca4779c7089c22160 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
@@ -76,4 +76,6 @@
 
 #define SO_BUSY_POLL		46
 
+#define SO_MAX_PACING_RATE	47
+
 #endif /* __ASM_AVR32_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/uapi/asm/socket.h b/arch/cris/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
index eb723e51554e559ef73d1196a455a96583a5cf51..13829aaaeec565b8e53726e95fcf4e7fde638c25 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
 
 #define SO_BUSY_POLL		46
 
+#define SO_MAX_PACING_RATE	47
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
 
 
diff --git a/arch/frv/include/uapi/asm/socket.h b/arch/frv/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
index f0cb1c3411638e7b33bee915739881635c59c9bc..5d4299762426b108057a33faf71b85efdfe4f74b 100644
--- a/arch/frv/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/frv/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
@@ -76,5 +76,7 @@
 
 #define SO_BUSY_POLL		46
 
+#define SO_MAX_PACING_RATE	47
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
 
diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/uapi/asm/socket.h b/arch/h8300/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
index 9490758c5e2bac1aa4375063a713473221234d97..214ccaf3554a5e205d7a7a0e182de4748922d12f 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
@@ -76,4 +76,6 @@
 
 #define SO_BUSY_POLL		46
 
+#define SO_MAX_PACING_RATE	47
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/socket.h b/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
index 556d0701a155351e844960aa00b51c55c820a3b9..c25302fb48d95636b59670efa423a59ff2d055c0 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
@@ -85,4 +85,6 @@
 
 #define SO_BUSY_POLL		46
 
+#define SO_MAX_PACING_RATE	47
+
 #endif /* _ASM_IA64_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/uapi/asm/socket.h b/arch/m32r/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
index 24be7c8da86ad3cbbdee6be0933fe302c9adaf02..52966650114f3198df49c109c02d70ae82d8adcb 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
@@ -76,4 +76,6 @@
 
 #define SO_BUSY_POLL		46
 
+#define SO_MAX_PACING_RATE	47
+
 #endif /* _ASM_M32R_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/socket.h b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
index 61c01f054d1b160f753582b60888e59592b95b21..0df9787cd84d9e4a93e04513f1654b0327b3df0f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
@@ -94,4 +94,6 @@
 
 #define SO_BUSY_POLL		46
 
+#define SO_MAX_PACING_RATE	47
+
 #endif /* _UAPI_ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/include/uapi/asm/socket.h b/arch/mn10300/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
index e2a2b203eb005b5403f2b68f92a841d87137b75c..71dedcae55a69c4ea93c5c71c7edfd93583864a9 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/mn10300/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
@@ -76,4 +76,6 @@
 
 #define SO_BUSY_POLL		46
 
+#define SO_MAX_PACING_RATE	47
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h b/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
index 71700e636a8e7b25172cda7f4815b1e46216b3d3..7c614d01f1fa42df36a23b3633f6d6ae7d47aa6a 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
 
 #define SO_BUSY_POLL		0x4027
 
+#define SO_MAX_PACING_RATE	0x4048
+
 /* O_NONBLOCK clashes with the bits used for socket types.  Therefore we
  * have to define SOCK_NONBLOCK to a different value here.
  */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
index a6d74467c9edb476ad1175e34670848f946528c8..fa698324a1fd13e50ec0d5e01d526b5a00a2b0b8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
@@ -83,4 +83,6 @@
 
 #define SO_BUSY_POLL		46
 
+#define SO_MAX_PACING_RATE	47
+
 #endif	/* _ASM_POWERPC_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/socket.h b/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
index 92494494692eca965ee1d315d42a800e08c47605..c286c2e868f03f9683481b82689af19f1a222e2d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
@@ -82,4 +82,6 @@
 
 #define SO_BUSY_POLL		46
 
+#define SO_MAX_PACING_RATE	47
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h b/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
index 4e1d66c3ce71b0b89bc2acb86643b3cebd445a06..0f21e9a5ca18879f5d919aa0fa05532204244eba 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
 
 #define SO_BUSY_POLL		0x0030
 
+#define SO_MAX_PACING_RATE	0x0031
+
 /* Security levels - as per NRL IPv6 - don't actually do anything */
 #define SO_SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION		0x5001
 #define SO_SECURITY_ENCRYPTION_TRANSPORT	0x5002
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/socket.h b/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
index c114483010c13b70caf62b3edea8b46947ca17e8..7db5c22faa68a1803cad4708d9047ad8396b637e 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
@@ -87,4 +87,6 @@
 
 #define SO_BUSY_POLL		46
 
+#define SO_MAX_PACING_RATE	47
+
 #endif	/* _XTENSA_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 4625d2eff461b7c9206388db1776c93bdfabdfe7..240aa3f08cd6d33af0c387b314f2c272801b533d 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ struct sock {
 	int			sk_wmem_queued;
 	gfp_t			sk_allocation;
 	u32			sk_pacing_rate; /* bytes per second */
+	u32			sk_max_pacing_rate;
 	netdev_features_t	sk_route_caps;
 	netdev_features_t	sk_route_nocaps;
 	int			sk_gso_type;
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/socket.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/socket.h
index f04b69b6abf251d6f0ba720db25822b11b953489..38f14d0264c3aa78f3b62b93cba405c655e23ae6 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/socket.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/socket.h
@@ -78,4 +78,6 @@
 
 #define SO_BUSY_POLL		46
 
+#define SO_MAX_PACING_RATE	47
+
 #endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 5b6beba494a350cb28adfc7724487f1a13e6c011..2bd9b3faa0d0ee1c970c1dcfbf4549e424f0078e 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -914,6 +914,13 @@ int sock_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 		}
 		break;
 #endif
+
+	case SO_MAX_PACING_RATE:
+		sk->sk_max_pacing_rate = val;
+		sk->sk_pacing_rate = min(sk->sk_pacing_rate,
+					 sk->sk_max_pacing_rate);
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		ret = -ENOPROTOOPT;
 		break;
@@ -1177,6 +1184,10 @@ int sock_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 		break;
 #endif
 
+	case SO_MAX_PACING_RATE:
+		v.val = sk->sk_max_pacing_rate;
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		return -ENOPROTOOPT;
 	}
@@ -2319,6 +2330,7 @@ void sock_init_data(struct socket *sock, struct sock *sk)
 	sk->sk_ll_usec		=	sysctl_net_busy_read;
 #endif
 
+	sk->sk_max_pacing_rate = ~0U;
 	/*
 	 * Before updating sk_refcnt, we must commit prior changes to memory
 	 * (Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt for details)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 5d083855c111957fc5e7362ef0e1c79721103ff7..66aa816ad30be89daf2ad9b0c96a37553bc0d77e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ static void tcp_update_pacing_rate(struct sock *sk)
 	if (tp->srtt > 8 + 2)
 		do_div(rate, tp->srtt);
 
-	sk->sk_pacing_rate = min_t(u64, rate, ~0U);
+	sk->sk_pacing_rate = min_t(u64, rate, sk->sk_max_pacing_rate);
 }
 
 /* Calculate rto without backoff.  This is the second half of Van Jacobson's