diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index d6c8f4cd080001a527f7c137021cc6a3f3604344..89dd8d82826f6e16de784d350d53a636990188f3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -5159,6 +5159,7 @@ static bool tcp_validate_incoming(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				  const struct tcphdr *th, int syn_inerr)
 {
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
+	bool rst_seq_match = false;
 
 	/* RFC1323: H1. Apply PAWS check first. */
 	if (tcp_fast_parse_options(skb, th, tp) && tp->rx_opt.saw_tstamp &&
@@ -5195,13 +5196,32 @@ static bool tcp_validate_incoming(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	/* Step 2: check RST bit */
 	if (th->rst) {
-		/* RFC 5961 3.2 :
-		 * If sequence number exactly matches RCV.NXT, then
+		/* RFC 5961 3.2 (extend to match against SACK too if available):
+		 * If seq num matches RCV.NXT or the right-most SACK block,
+		 * then
 		 *     RESET the connection
 		 * else
 		 *     Send a challenge ACK
 		 */
-		if (TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq == tp->rcv_nxt)
+		if (TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq == tp->rcv_nxt) {
+			rst_seq_match = true;
+		} else if (tcp_is_sack(tp) && tp->rx_opt.num_sacks > 0) {
+			struct tcp_sack_block *sp = &tp->selective_acks[0];
+			int max_sack = sp[0].end_seq;
+			int this_sack;
+
+			for (this_sack = 1; this_sack < tp->rx_opt.num_sacks;
+			     ++this_sack) {
+				max_sack = after(sp[this_sack].end_seq,
+						 max_sack) ?
+					sp[this_sack].end_seq : max_sack;
+			}
+
+			if (TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq == max_sack)
+				rst_seq_match = true;
+		}
+
+		if (rst_seq_match)
 			tcp_reset(sk);
 		else
 			tcp_send_challenge_ack(sk, skb);