diff --git a/net/dccp/dccp.h b/net/dccp/dccp.h
index c7370de4c4d5f43d0fb1940742d6d5a025faac04..f9ed0cbd1bf3b2a47d940fb4a7aa3663b59f4568 100644
--- a/net/dccp/dccp.h
+++ b/net/dccp/dccp.h
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static inline void dccp_update_gss(struct sock *sk, u64 seq)
 static inline int dccp_ack_pending(const struct sock *sk)
 {
 	const struct dccp_sock *dp = dccp_sk(sk);
-	return dp->dccps_timestamp_echo != 0 ||
+	return
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_DCCP_ACKVEC
 	       (dp->dccps_hc_rx_ackvec != NULL &&
 		dccp_ackvec_pending(dp->dccps_hc_rx_ackvec)) ||
diff --git a/net/dccp/options.c b/net/dccp/options.c
index e1c94e2b8be039995fb98307ffeaeea59d7fc4c0..9fe0510f4022d0e3aec843e64ca7ba1b239b7838 100644
--- a/net/dccp/options.c
+++ b/net/dccp/options.c
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ int dccp_parse_options(struct sock *sk, struct dccp_request_sock *dreq,
 				      dccp_role(sk), ntohl(opt_val),
 				      (unsigned long long)
 				      DCCP_SKB_CB(skb)->dccpd_ack_seq);
+			/* schedule an Ack in case this sender is quiescent */
+			inet_csk_schedule_ack(sk);
 			break;
 		case DCCPO_TIMESTAMP_ECHO:
 			if (len != 4 && len != 6 && len != 8)