diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index df7f20da422d95e950fc79262440b5c59034c2dd..11c2f68254f0a8a04602222216a03578c0327d20 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -353,7 +353,8 @@ int ip_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, int ipfragok)
 		ip_options_build(skb, opt, inet->daddr, rt, 0);
 	}
 
-	ip_select_ident_more(iph, &rt->u.dst, sk, skb_shinfo(skb)->tso_segs);
+	ip_select_ident_more(iph, &rt->u.dst, sk,
+			     (skb_shinfo(skb)->tso_segs ?: 1) - 1);
 
 	/* Add an IP checksum. */
 	ip_send_check(iph);