diff --git a/include/linux/tcp.h b/include/linux/tcp.h
index 848f5b25e178288ce870637b68a692ab88dc7d4d..8ed77bb4ed8636e9294389a011529fd9a667dce4 100644
--- a/include/linux/tcp.h
+++ b/include/linux/tcp.h
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ struct tcp_sock {
 	u32	tlp_high_seq;	/* snd_nxt at the time of TLP retransmit. */
 
 	u64	tcp_wstamp_ns;	/* departure time for next sent data packet */
+	u64	tcp_clock_cache; /* cache last tcp_clock_ns() (see tcp_mstamp_refresh()) */
 
 /* RTT measurement */
 	u64	tcp_mstamp;	/* most recent packet received/sent */
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 059b67af28b137fb9566eaef370b270fc424bffb..f14df66a0c858dcb22b8924b9691c375eb5fcbc5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ void tcp_mstamp_refresh(struct tcp_sock *tp)
 {
 	u64 val = tcp_clock_ns();
 
-	/* departure time for next data packet */
-	if (val > tp->tcp_wstamp_ns)
-		tp->tcp_wstamp_ns = val;
+	if (val > tp->tcp_clock_cache)
+		tp->tcp_clock_cache = val;
 
 	val = div_u64(val, NSEC_PER_USEC);
 	if (val > tp->tcp_mstamp)
@@ -1050,6 +1049,10 @@ static int __tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if (unlikely(!skb))
 			return -ENOBUFS;
 	}
+
+	/* TODO: might take care of jitter here */
+	tp->tcp_wstamp_ns = max(tp->tcp_wstamp_ns, tp->tcp_clock_cache);
+
 	skb->skb_mstamp_ns = tp->tcp_wstamp_ns;
 
 	inet = inet_sk(sk);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index 61023d50cd604d5e19464a32c33b65d29c75c81e..676020663ce80a79341ad1a05352742cc8dd5850 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static void tcp_probe_timer(struct sock *sk)
 	 */
 	start_ts = tcp_skb_timestamp(skb);
 	if (!start_ts)
-		skb->skb_mstamp_ns = tp->tcp_wstamp_ns;
+		skb->skb_mstamp_ns = tp->tcp_clock_cache;
 	else if (icsk->icsk_user_timeout &&
 		 (s32)(tcp_time_stamp(tp) - start_ts) > icsk->icsk_user_timeout)
 		goto abort;