diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/snmp.h b/include/uapi/linux/snmp.h
index e00013a1debcb521751de4b47141eb0fe64ca48d..fefdec91c68b5f20a88cce9ee1942dbc722452ee 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/snmp.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/snmp.h
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ enum
 	LINUX_MIB_TCPFASTOPENPASSIVEFAIL,	/* TCPFastOpenPassiveFail */
 	LINUX_MIB_TCPFASTOPENLISTENOVERFLOW,	/* TCPFastOpenListenOverflow */
 	LINUX_MIB_TCPFASTOPENCOOKIEREQD,	/* TCPFastOpenCookieReqd */
+	LINUX_MIB_TCPSPURIOUS_RTX_HOSTQUEUES, /* TCPSpuriousRtxHostQueues */
 	__LINUX_MIB_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/proc.c b/net/ipv4/proc.c
index b6f2ea1748988ee4d0a418144d8cb34f055b3378..6da51d55d03a167a33703c1ed57ec7183ab607ae 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/proc.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/proc.c
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ static const struct snmp_mib snmp4_net_list[] = {
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPFastOpenPassiveFail", LINUX_MIB_TCPFASTOPENPASSIVEFAIL),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPFastOpenListenOverflow", LINUX_MIB_TCPFASTOPENLISTENOVERFLOW),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPFastOpenCookieReqd", LINUX_MIB_TCPFASTOPENCOOKIEREQD),
+	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPSpuriousRtxHostQueues", LINUX_MIB_TCPSPURIOUS_RTX_HOSTQUEUES),
 	SNMP_MIB_SENTINEL
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index d12694353540547f63a207f8176f1e8d6fb485c2..5f28131eb37e35c4f858566e9cd9c6dbf24ff0d9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -846,6 +846,13 @@ static int tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int clone_it,
 		__net_timestamp(skb);
 
 	if (likely(clone_it)) {
+		const struct sk_buff *fclone = skb + 1;
+
+		if (unlikely(skb->fclone == SKB_FCLONE_ORIG &&
+			     fclone->fclone == SKB_FCLONE_CLONE))
+			NET_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk),
+					 LINUX_MIB_TCPSPURIOUS_RTX_HOSTQUEUES);
+
 		if (unlikely(skb_cloned(skb)))
 			skb = pskb_copy(skb, gfp_mask);
 		else