diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 5b6690d05abb98884adfa1693f97d896dd202893..a85a8c2948e54b931f8cd956aa7938f7efd355bd 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -991,6 +991,7 @@ static int tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int clone_it,
 	struct tcp_skb_cb *tcb;
 	struct tcp_out_options opts;
 	unsigned int tcp_options_size, tcp_header_size;
+	struct sk_buff *oskb = NULL;
 	struct tcp_md5sig_key *md5;
 	struct tcphdr *th;
 	int err;
@@ -998,12 +999,12 @@ static int tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int clone_it,
 	BUG_ON(!skb || !tcp_skb_pcount(skb));
 	tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 
-	skb->skb_mstamp = tp->tcp_mstamp;
 	if (clone_it) {
 		TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tx.in_flight = TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq
 			- tp->snd_una;
 		tcp_rate_skb_sent(sk, skb);
 
+		oskb = skb;
 		if (unlikely(skb_cloned(skb)))
 			skb = pskb_copy(skb, gfp_mask);
 		else
@@ -1011,6 +1012,7 @@ static int tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int clone_it,
 		if (unlikely(!skb))
 			return -ENOBUFS;
 	}
+	skb->skb_mstamp = tp->tcp_mstamp;
 
 	inet = inet_sk(sk);
 	tcb = TCP_SKB_CB(skb);
@@ -1122,12 +1124,14 @@ static int tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int clone_it,
 
 	err = icsk->icsk_af_ops->queue_xmit(sk, skb, &inet->cork.fl);
 
-	if (likely(err <= 0))
-		return err;
-
-	tcp_enter_cwr(sk);
+	if (unlikely(err > 0)) {
+		tcp_enter_cwr(sk);
+		err = net_xmit_eval(err);
+	}
+	if (!err && oskb)
+		oskb->skb_mstamp = tp->tcp_mstamp;
 
-	return net_xmit_eval(err);
+	return err;
 }
 
 /* This routine just queues the buffer for sending.
@@ -2869,10 +2873,11 @@ int __tcp_retransmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int segs)
 		     skb_headroom(skb) >= 0xFFFF)) {
 		struct sk_buff *nskb;
 
-		skb->skb_mstamp = tp->tcp_mstamp;
 		nskb = __pskb_copy(skb, MAX_TCP_HEADER, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		err = nskb ? tcp_transmit_skb(sk, nskb, 0, GFP_ATOMIC) :
 			     -ENOBUFS;
+		if (!err)
+			skb->skb_mstamp = tp->tcp_mstamp;
 	} else {
 		err = tcp_transmit_skb(sk, skb, 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	}